We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and NEC D3 series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."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."
"At the FlashSystem level, customers are especially fond of multi-tier and distributed rate systems, particularly the dynamic rate six arrays."
"The performance of the All-Flash System is very good. There is more enhanced performance and data production in the solution, which I appreciate."
"When it comes to the interface of the solution we did not encounter any challenges. Additionally, the solution has good documentation."
"The solution is very easy to configure and use."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."
"Flash disk with Easy Tier option"
"The performance is better than with our previous version."
"The price is very costly."
"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 marketing could be improved."
"Include an option to upload the support package to the IBM ECuRep when opening an IBM PMR."
"Customization features must be improved."
"GUI interface should be enhanced more as there is some issues in copy services."
"It could be easier to implement."
"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."
"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."
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IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews while NEC D3 series is ranked 21st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while NEC D3 series 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 NEC D3 series writes "Stable, performs well, and the technical support is good". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas NEC D3 series is most compared with .
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