We performed a comparison between CLARiiON CX4 series [EOL] and IBM FlashSystem 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)."Service from EMC was extremely good. Whenever a disk had a problem, EMC was right on top of it. In some instances, they called me before I even knew what was going on."
"We've found the solution to be very stable so far."
"User friendly management interface."
"IBM FlashSystem is flexible, quick, and has a solid design."
"It's a mature product. It's like a BMW that evolves consistently."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"IBM FlashSystem has been stable in our operations."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is replication...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"This solution is very stable."
"It needs better deduplication. Deduplication was costing too many resources, hence we never used it."
"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."
"The support could improve by allowing you to speak to someone when you call rather than them calling you back. However, once we do have contact with one of their technicians they are excellent."
"It is slightly more expensive, however, it all depends on your supplier."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"I have looked at a few pages of a report I download and I saw a graph there regarding software-defined vendors. IBM is not in a good position on this graph. I know that they are working very hard on this, to make it much better and to get to a level where it's not only hardware but also software to provide a complete solution."
"They don't offer subscription-based payments."
"In the next release having the next level of high-speed performance would be great."
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CLARiiON CX4 series [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews. CLARiiON CX4 series [EOL] is rated 6.0, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of CLARiiON CX4 series [EOL] writes "It worked fine and was very reliable, though the throughput tended to be a bit slow". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". CLARiiON CX4 series [EOL] is most compared with , whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.
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