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 installation is nice and easy."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."
"The Flash core models offer amazing performance."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."
"The most valuable feature in demand is virtualization and its support storage of virtualization features."
"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."
"The stability is excellent."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is compression."
"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 IBM System Storage DS5000 Series can be integrated into various platforms such as IBM, Intel, Linux, and others. It provides flexibility in integration wherever storage is required."
"The solution is reliable."
"You can easily virtualize and share the storage."
"We use it for applications, databases, media, files, etc."
"The marketing could be improved."
"Additional licenses might be added for the fundamental licenses, such as those for copying and flash copies."
"The ease of installation should be improved. We had issues with the configuration model."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"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."
"In IBM FlashSystem, data reduction is an area with shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."
"The pricing could be improved, but I think it's getting better and better with each version. IBM needs to implement NAS storage again, as this is a big flaw. Dell EMC is very good at this and if you compared them based on NAS storage, Dell EMC would win right away. IBM's solution for NAS storage is very complicated. We don't have a storage box that provides file sharing from itself, we have to put software on it and go through a whole complicated process. It should be simplified."
"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 solution's integration with other tools could be improved."
"Improving software installation and licensing retrieval would make using IBM System Storage DS5000 series easier for customers."
"IBM System Storage DS5000 is expensive when compared to other vendors."
"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 product is very costly. Very few can afford it."
"The product should improve its support."
"If you decide to expand the IBM System Storage DS5000 Series by adding an extension frame to the controller, you won't have the ability to incorporate flash storage models directly. Instead, you'll need to work with SSD which may be slightly slower."
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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 15 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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