We performed a comparison between FreeNAS and IBM FlashSystem 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 solution has been very stable so far."
"It has the best storage capacity."
"It integrates well into either Windows or Linux environments."
"FreeNAS is much simpler and easier to use than other solutions, but we don't have the complete range of features that come with the full version."
"The ease of use of the 'jail', the management of backups, and copies to easily create test and pre-production scenarios have speeded up the development and distribution of business apps."
"Its stability is the most valuable. It is reliable, and we don't have to worry too much about it."
"What I like about it is that I can work on it from any computer or any device. The initial setup is very simple. The setup wizard is really helpful."
"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the deduplication, because the nature of the data that we are using in our current environment, has a lot of replicated data."
"The solution allows for easy migrations from previous products or vendors via its embedded storage virtualization function."
"Speed (IOPS/second) – It is most vital for applications that need low latency and high speed for transferring the data."
"The installation is nice and easy."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"The initial setup was really straightforward. It was not complex. Deployment took one month, due to the data migration duration."
"They can improve the integration with PSA systems. This functionality could be better."
"The one thing that I find difficult to do which is very time-consuming is that I like to have a backup of the important files."
"If you find the documentation, it is always incomplete and fragmented."
"They should include clustering for the solution."
"FreeNAS should be better prepared for clustering."
"The latest version of the dashboard doesn't work as good as the previous version."
"The support for S3 needs to be improved."
"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."
"Events/log analysis tools."
"Replication features need improvement. Currently, they are there in the product, but I'm not sure as to how it works exactly."
"The solution is not easy to use and could improve."
"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 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."
"The only issue my team faced was transferring the data from the old system to IBM FlashSystem, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."
FreeNAS is ranked 9th in NAS with 9 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 4th in NAS with 106 reviews. FreeNAS is rated 8.4, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of FreeNAS writes "Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". FreeNAS is most compared with StarWind Storage Appliance, Qumulo, HPE StoreEasy, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and NetApp FAS Series, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our FreeNAS vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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