We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 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 most valuable features are flexibility and performance."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."
"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."
"The solution is scalable and has varying degrees of scalability."
"The speed of the unit is its best feature. It performs very well."
"User friendly management interface."
"The storage system is one of the best in the world."
"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."
"Our customers have raised concerns about the limitations of the FlashSystem 5200 and 7300, which only offer a 32-gigabyte connection."
"The marketing could be improved."
"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."
"The solution is not easy to implement. It takes a lot of time to study the product and it's a little complicated in general."
"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."
"In IBM FlashSystem, data reduction is an area with shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."
"This solution could be improved by offering greater amounts of storage."
"They don't offer subscription-based payments."
"The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem."
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IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 106 reviews while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is ranked 9th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is rated 7.6. 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 Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance writes "A stable unified storage system that enables quick access to data". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF, whereas Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance report.
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