We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo 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."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The storage system is one of the best in the world."
"Flash disk with Easy Tier option"
"User friendly management interface."
"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."
"IBM's technical support do excellent work."
"The most valuable features of Qumulo are its rolling updates and all-day availability."
"It is a very stable product. I never faced any issues."
"The most valuable feature of Qumulo is the ability to share files and reliability."
"The most valuable features of Qumulo are the ease of management and special permissions that are quick to enable. The overall performance of the solution is good."
"The most valuable feature is real-time analytics."
"The ratio of total operational cost to complexity versus feature set is very good."
"The data protection algorithm to protect the data between the nodes has been the most valuable feature. The integration with backup platforms such as Veeam and Veritas has also been valuable."
"The feature that I like most is the analytics part of the file system."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"It could be easier to implement."
"The interface of this solution could be improved."
"There could be some extra features added."
"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."
"The solution is quite expensive. That's one of the downsides to using it."
"The basic setup can be challenging when it comes to certain IP addresses and the configuration of the IP. You have to go in to different menus to makes changes and ensure it is stable."
"Their technical support needs improvement in terms of reachability for the clients and response times. They should be more responsive and have more online platforms for support. They should make more technical information available online. There could be some kind of documentation community."
"The price of the software is a bit expensive, so a reduction in cost would make it more competitive."
"The solution could improve availability and improve data protection or data services such as compression of deduplication. In a future release, we'd like to have more cloud API integrations."
"One aspect of Qumulo that I hoped to see improved was its software upgrade process, which did see significant progress during my usage. Initially, upgrading the software resulted in several minutes of system downtime. However, by the time I departed last summer, the downtime had reduced to mere ten seconds. Although I am unsure if Qumulo has yet achieved a completely outage-free upgrade, I simply performed the upgrades early in the morning before the marketing department began its workday, so any downtime was inconsequential."
"The support for iMac and protocols should be improved, not all features are available."
"Qumulo should continue to expand automation and orchestration capabilities."
"In the next release, I would like to see the ability to have more control at a terminal level of the file system."
"Some anti-theft permissions do not transfer well to Qumulo."
"In the future, I would like to see non-disruptive updates."
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 4th in NAS with 106 reviews while Qumulo is ranked 7th in NAS with 8 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Qumulo is rated 7.8. 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 Qumulo writes "Useful data sharing, simple cluster scaling, and excellent support". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Qumulo is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, Nasuni, Scality RING and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. Qumulo report.
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