We performed a comparison between HPE EVA 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)."There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"It is very stable."
"HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."
"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."
"Speed (IOPS/second) – It is most vital for applications that need low latency and high speed for transferring the data."
"FlashSystem offers proven technology in a compact package."
"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 most valuable feature of the solution is replication...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"IBM FlashSystem is a flexible solution with plenty of features."
"IBM FlashSystem has an easy to use GUI, similar to the IBM Storewize family, which make it one of the best flash storage systems in the market."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"Performance could probably be improve with faster controllers, but it is already an old device. We do have performance problems now, but it is a rather old device, so we have what we have."
"The solution should improve its pricing and the mechanism in the reduction pool."
"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."
"Additional licenses might be added for the fundamental licenses, such as those for copying and flash copies."
"The data reduction pool feature sucks and is not recommended for use with heavy workloads."
"There could be some extra features added."
"Product support is restricted to IBM only. It must be decentralized to IBM partners as well."
"Customization features must be improved."
"Our model does not support compression or deduplication."
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HPE EVA is ranked 9th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews. HPE EVA is rated 8.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE EVA writes "There is reliable support for HDD replacement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". HPE EVA is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.
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