We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Panasas ActiveStor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features in IBM FlashSystem are IOPS, performance, duplication, and compression."
"Most of the features for the reduction in data compression are useful. It is also very easy to use and administer. Its performance is also good."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The Flash core models offer amazing performance."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and performance."
"IBM FlashSystem is a flexible solution with plenty of features."
"The most valuable features were the performance of the array, i.e., very low latency and high IOPS. Plus, the management interface is very easy to use."
"The initial customer technical support was efficient and effective."
"We've found the product to be quite flexible."
"I am impressed with the tool's performance and bandwidth."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"The technical support in my region is satisfactory but it could improve. Support is very important for customers and downtime is very critical for us. We would like onsite or complete technical support which can help us to minimize our downtime or if problems occur."
"I would like to have a larger disk. Right now, you can get 57 terabytes in a shelf. Once they get the larger disk and you get larger capacities, it'll be even better."
"It is slightly more expensive, however, it all depends on your supplier."
"The interface could improve in IBM FlashSystem."
"In the next release having the next level of high-speed performance would be great."
"The solution is not able to replicate data in one-to-many scenario."
"I would like to see bigger modules."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"We have received complaints from customers that the tool is not easy to use. The tool's local technical service is slow. The solution is good for Linux customers and not for customers with other operating systems like Windows. The solution should provide storage without client software integration."
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 5th in NAS with 106 reviews while Panasas ActiveStor is ranked 14th in NAS with 2 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Panasas ActiveStor is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Panasas ActiveStor writes "A stable solution with good performance and bandwidth". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF, whereas Panasas ActiveStor is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and NetApp FAS Series. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. Panasas ActiveStor report.
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