We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and NEC D3 series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."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 valuable features for us are the extra add-ons, such as the FIM provisioning, the compression, the disaster recovery capabilities, and the storage pooling functions."
"It's a mature product. It's like a BMW that evolves consistently."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the deduplication, because the nature of the data that we are using in our current environment, has a lot of replicated data."
"IBM FlashSystem has an easy to use GUI, similar to the IBM Storewize family, which make it one of the best flash storage systems in the market."
"The solution is scalable and has varying degrees of scalability."
"The speed of the unit is its best feature. It performs very well."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"The performance is better than with our previous version."
"The support could improve by allowing you to speak to someone when you call rather than them calling you back. However, once we do have contact with one of their technicians they are excellent."
"The price is very costly."
"Customization features must be improved."
"I would like to see bigger modules."
"There could be some extra features added."
"This product lacks some of the options we wanted. For example, expansion was difficult and it required a lot of patching to be done."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."
"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."
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IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews while NEC D3 series is ranked 21st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while NEC D3 series is rated 9.0. 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 NEC D3 series writes "Stable, performs well, and the technical support is good". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas NEC D3 series is most compared with .
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