We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."When it comes to the interface of the solution we did not encounter any challenges. Additionally, the solution has good documentation."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"The solution is very easy to configure and use."
"The initial setup was really straightforward. It was not complex. Deployment took one month, due to the data migration duration."
"The performance is very good and we use this product to enhance our core system."
"The storage system is one of the best in the world."
"The valuable features for us are the extra add-ons, such as the FIM provisioning, the compression, the disaster recovery capabilities, and the storage pooling functions."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."
"If you want to expand, you cannot expand the disc enclosure. You have to buy a total individual node. Sometimes, this is difficult because we are just looking for capacity and not a node."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"I know they have a flashcopy manager, but it is extra software, an additional license, and some customers don't like to add addition costs to their infrastructure. If IBM could create, or include snapshot management within the GUI, that would really be helpful."
"The interface of this solution could be improved."
"They can improve its initial configuration. The initial configuration is currently very difficult. There are multiple choices or alternative ways to configure based on the use case and what you are targeting out of the device, that is, more capacity or more performance. These multiple alternatives cause a lot of confusion. They should increase the processing part of the nodes. Currently, you can cluster up to eight nodes. From my experience and the workload that I am facing in my environment currently, I would like to see either a bigger or stronger node or a larger number of nodes that can be clustered together. We formally communicated to them that we need to see either this or that, and they are working on something."
"Include an option to upload the support package to the IBM ECuRep when opening an IBM PMR."
"The deduplication and compression ratio is not very good. It's not reaching a very high ratio."
"This product lacks some of the options we wanted. For example, expansion was difficult and it required a lot of patching to be done."
"The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem."
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IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is ranked 8th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is rated 7.6. 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 Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance writes "A stable unified storage system that enables quick access to data". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance report.
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