We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Kaminario K2 [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"Technical support has been amazing."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"It allows engineers to focus on other things rather than doing the more manual tasks. It automates tasks, so the ease of use is extreme. It simplifies the storage."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"All our junior partners can administer the storage arrays. It is simple and easy to use. We don't have to dedicate a whole team of full time people to work on it."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is compression."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is SCM (Storage Class Memory), which has the lowest latency value in the storage industry."
"The performance of IBM FlashSystem is very good. The new technology and high throughput have given us more confidence in the solution. The management of the system has improved and we can control the monitoring system alerts and multiple FlashSystems with the Enterprise Cloud Edition, which is free. The migration of recently stored data to a new flash is much easier. You can move your data because you can utilize it externally."
"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."
"The most crucial feature of IBM FlashSystem is compression."
"The solution allows for easy migrations from previous products or vendors via its embedded storage virtualization function."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"Inline compression"
"The most valuable aspect is the use of solid-state storage drives instead of spinning drives."
"Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms would have had us license separately."
"Scale out is a differentiator for them, especially in the enterprise market. It's key for a lot of customers."
"Ease of use: My installers - my administrators over the system - they love how easy and fast it is to install and spin up a LUN and get going."
"The capacity that we're saving by using Kaminario's K2 is giving us a four-to-one ratio for our deduplication."
"Data reduction and snapshot abilities: Smaller footprint in the datacenter (lower cost for power, cooling, etc.)."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"There could be some extra features added."
"One area for improvement is in the GUI, where host clusters are not properly dealt with. With Hypervisor host clusters, all hosts must see the same volumes in the same order. Using the concept of a “host-group” has been around (even with IBM) for many years, so why not with the V7000?"
"The solution is not easy to use and could improve."
"The customer's expectations are what they get on the cloud, they're expecting even in the on-premises deployments, going forward."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"The solution's pricing is a bit high so there is room for improvement."
"The interface could improve in IBM FlashSystem."
"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."
"I'm hoping to see Active Directory integration. Right now, you still have to use a local admin account to log in and manage everything."
"A single pane of glass to monitor/manage multiple arrays would be helpful."
"Some of the nice to haves for us, in terms of today, would be VVols but again, it’s not a critical feature."
"The system currently has a 15TB LUN size limit and that snapshots need to be scheduled through script API instead of the GUI."
"The management graphical interface needs more improvement."
"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."
"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."
Earn 20 points
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews while Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Kaminario K2 [EOL] is rated 8.8. 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 Kaminario K2 [EOL] writes "Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms license separately". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with .
See our list of best All-Flash Storage vendors.
We monitor all All-Flash Storage reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
