We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and VIOLIN QV2020 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."It is an SSD array that has awesome performance, low submillisecond latency, and does what it is supposed to do. It just works, which is difficult for things to do anymore."
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The ease of management is one of the most valuable features of this solution. I would have also said that it's pretty fast but now our SQL servers are starting to beat it up pretty bad."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Processes that used to take 40 minutes to two hours can be completed in five minutes."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."
"FlashSystem offers proven technology in a compact package."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and performance."
"The all-flash storage has tier replication capabilities."
"User friendly management interface."
"They have a virtualization feature and, even if you do not want to buy that feature, you can have it as a trial for two to three months. If you have another brand of storage from another company, you can use this tool to transfer all your data from the old system to the new Storwize system, which really shortens the migration time."
"It's a mature product. It's like a BMW that evolves consistently."
"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."
"VIOLIN QV2020 is the latest in terms of performance. It has high-speed data access and processing capabilities, distinguishing it as a leader in its storage solutions category."
"It’s simple to use hardware to fix performance issues. Our issue is poor coding/queries. This greatly speeded things up. It’s too costly to track down poor programming in applications. The price of a developer’s time to scan through all the coding is high compared to buying Violin."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"They have a product, FlashBlade, which is their object storage integration, and that's something that we haven't integrated with yet. This might be an area for additional focus as it would play into scalability, because the very nature of object storage is that it's infinitely scalable."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"IBM should improve its data reduction development."
"The solution's infrastructure technology level could be PCI Express 5 instead of PCI Express 4 for the next version."
"GUI interface should be enhanced more as there is some issues in copy services."
"The marketing could be improved."
"Product support is restricted to IBM only. It must be decentralized to IBM partners as well."
"I would like to see an improvement in the handling of large amounts of rights."
"The interface of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to have a larger disk. Right now, you can get 57 terabytes in a shelf. Once they get the larger disk and you get larger capacities, it'll be even better."
"I set up Wi-Fi for storage, and since then, we haven't experienced any interruptions in service."
"VIMM replacement is poorly designed. You have to slide out an entire drawer, remove the cover and then pop out the failed VIMM. I would like to see a front replacement just like with hard disks. This leaves room for error; for example, when you slide it out from the rack, you are moving cables along the cable management arm. This leaves the possibility of accidentally unplugging a cable from the array if it is not seated properly. Also, you might pinch the cables when sliding it back into the server rack."
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews while VIOLIN QV2020 is ranked 28th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while VIOLIN QV2020 is rated 8.0. 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 VIOLIN QV2020 writes "Has high-speed data access and processing capabilities, distinguishing it as a leader in its storage solutions category". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas VIOLIN QV2020 is most compared with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
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