We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and IBM System Storage DS5000 Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The speed of the unit is its best feature. It performs very well."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."
"The most valuable feature is reliability."
"The storage system is one of the best in the world."
"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."
"It's very easy to manage."
"The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in an hour and a half by one person."
"The GUI is very easy and performance is also good."
"The stability is excellent."
"The stability and performance of the drive are the most valuable."
"We use it for applications, databases, media, files, etc."
"It is a very stable solution."
"I also like all the software features you get from the IBM System Storage DS5000 Series such as the SVC (SAN volume controller). You can put the code on the controllers, and it really gives you the advantage because you'll have HyperSwap."
"The solution is stable. I rate its stability a nine out of ten."
"I like that it's stable, and I am satisfied with it. We have had some issues, but that is normal in IT. IBM System Storage DS5000 works fine most of the time."
"The most valuable aspects of the DS5000 Series are its high availability (almost six nines), stability, cost-effectiveness, and the unique IBM FlashCore modules, which other competitors lack. These FlashCore modules enable local operations on the drive itself without a performance overhead, a significant advantage."
"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."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"The security features can be improved such that the encryption does not affect performance in any way."
"The generic functionality of IBM FlashSystem, IBM always dismisses using file share or sharing protocols inside their storage hardware, and they only focus on the block-level storage."
"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."
"Replication features need improvement. Currently, they are there in the product, but I'm not sure as to how it works exactly."
"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."
"IBM talks about integration when we talk about Safeguarded Copy. It integrates with QRadar, but it seems as though IBM still is too separate, that is, the way IBM is measured on software and hardware."
"The amount of storage could be increased."
"IBM is not always as agile as other competitors when it is about cloud integration and user interfaces. They're not renewing themselves very often. They have been slow to evolve from the old GUI. The user interface should be improved, especially regarding performance analysis, which has always been a little bit weak as compared to other solutions. As a global solution, it lacks the feature for containing integration object storage. Even though they have now started to offer this feature, it is quite young and not as developed as some other vendors. There are also no mass possibilities at all. They have a lot of competition in the mid-range segment. They need to have a NAS gateway or something like that. It doesn't specifically need to be integrated into the controllers that are keys to the gateway."
"The product is very costly. Very few can afford it."
"It would be nice if duplication was possible at the hardware level. As it is now, duplication is a software feature, whereas compression is a hardware feature."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I find the solution isn't so easy to understand. A user must be quite knowledgeable in the product. It isn't like HPE 3PAR, which you can use quite easily without too much storage experience."
"Regarding improvements, there's a common perception, primarily during pre-sales, that IBM storage solutions are expensive, though studies often prove otherwise. As for additional functionality, supporting two to three sites for applications might be a potential enhancement."
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IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews while IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is ranked 6th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 13 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is rated 8.6. 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 IBM System Storage DS5000 Series writes "Very reliable, easy to install, and offers good value for money". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is most compared with . See our IBM FlashSystem vs. IBM System Storage DS5000 Series report.
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