IBM System Storage DS8000 Series Other Solutions Considered

KM
Solution Architect; Senior Manager Mainframe Technical Service at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We always look at the competition and do pricing before we ultimately choose which solution we use. That was the case with this product as well. We always look at all the major players in the space.

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it_user674253 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant for Storage with 10,001+ employees

We were using one of the major vendors and we looked at the other two. It was, quite frankly, a very easy decision when we compared. It's a big investment to switch to GDPS. However, once we saw everything that it can provide, and now once it's all installed, it would be hard to even look at anything else now.

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it_user672402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

I don't know about alternative solutions considered. I don't do procurement. We're pretty much an IBM shop, so everything in there is IBM.

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