We performed a comparison between HPE Primera and IBM FlashSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"I like its speed. It has all the features that I need."
"With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"The tool has reduced our power consumption."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"We also like the compactness, the small footprint. It takes up very little space in a data center and uses little power."
"The most valuable feature of HPE Primera is its performance and simple replication."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to provide the IOPS ratio which is required by a lot of our customers."
"For over a year, I have not seen any downtime in the product."
"HPE provides good support through their customer service."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex."
"The most valuable feature of HP Primera is that you don't have to buy an additional product for application replication. It's a stable product. The tool is scalable. I recommend HPE Primera because it's one of HP's most stable product."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"We sold Primera to a public university, and they're happy with it. They have been using it for about four months with no significant problems."
"We are a 100% satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"One of the valuable features is the performance, it is one of the best in the market."
"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."
"IBM FlashSystem has been stable in our operations."
"Speed (IOPS/second) – It is most vital for applications that need low latency and high speed for transferring the data."
"FlashSystem offers proven technology in a compact package."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."
"The most valuable feature in demand is virtualization and its support storage of virtualization features."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"I’d love to view the average, minimum and maximum performance in the reports (Analysis tab - Performance) but it is only graphics and you need to export data in CSV to find this information."
"I think replication is one area that still needs improvement. Earlier, Pure Storage FlashArray only had IP-based replication. There was no API-based replication, but they have enhanced the feature now. However, they need to work on API replication for C-type of arrays."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve in the area of cryptographic information in the consoles. The user-friendliness could improve. The Pure Storage FlashArray team should come and log into the system with their maintenance credentials and then pull out the information as evidence of cryptography."
"We used to receive hardware errors a lot of times. The ambient temperatures rise rate was approximately 35 to 55 degrees, but when it was approximately 27 or 28, we used to get errors a lot."
"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."
"We cannot use this storage for critical applications and data."
"There are certain shortcomings in the technical support offered by HPE where improvements are required."
"The IOPS and throughput could be better. That's the only drawback compared to other vendors."
"We've encountered issues in the past where maintaining a read-only state is essential to prevent data encryption when VPN access is impacted."
"The price of the product is an area of concern. From an improvement perspective, the solution should be made more affordable in terms of price."
"The solution has good performance but it could improve further."
"The security features can be improved such that the encryption does not affect performance in any way."
"IBM could do more marketing and improve brand awareness. I had never heard of this product until a colleague told me about it. FlashSystem could add a few features, but it would probably increase the price. For example, Pure Storage offers instant snapshotting and partitioning. That would be nice to have, but I think the cost would go up."
"The solution's pricing is a bit high so there is room for improvement."
"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."
"IBM should improve its data reduction development."
"The interface could improve in IBM FlashSystem."
"I think the only thing the developers can look at, is that it is limited to 25 gigabytes currently. In the next release they might want to increase that."
"With regards to the IBM V7000 storage system, where we have multiple tiers of storage, a heat map would show I/O distribution across the tiers of storage."
HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews. HPE Primera is rated 8.4, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". HPE Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Huawei OceanStor Dorado, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series. See our HPE Primera vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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