"It had many features, like a snapshot, replication, on-the-file RAID levels, mix-and-match files, those kinds of things."
"Its leading feature is the price-performance ratio, which is very good."
"The setup is straightforward."
"The solution is stable."
"The flexibility of this solution has been valuable for our business."
"What is most valuable about the Dell EMC SC Series system was its reliability."
"One time, we had a drive fail and we were notified before we even saw it on the device."
"They have a feature called Live Migrate; it's been very, very useful."
"IBM FlashSystem is a powerful effective storage solution. Additionally, it is user-friendly, anyone can use it."
"The performance is very good and we use this product to enhance our core system."
"The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in an hour and a half by one person."
"No queuing and high ops, speed, and performance."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The most valuable features in IBM FlashSystem are IOPS, performance, duplication, and compression."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."
"The initial setup is somewhat complex and should be made simpler to do."
"While there's always room for improvement in everything, I can't really think of a specific feature of the solution that requires immediate attention."
"There's always room for improvement in the operating code."
"In some customer cases, customers experienced more performance or latency."
"This solution could be improved if overall performance was improved and operated with a higher speed and supported a higher volume of RAM."
"The lack of reporting would be the main issue."
"The configuration could be easier in Dell EMC SC Series."
"The price could be improved."
"IBM should improve its data reduction development."
"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."
"The technical support in my region is satisfactory but it could improve. Support is very important for customers and downtime is very critical for us. We would like onsite or complete technical support which can help us to minimize our downtime or if problems occur."
"It could be easier to implement."
"The deduplication and compression ratio is not very good. It's not reaching a very high ratio."
"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 security features can be improved such that the encryption does not affect performance in any way."
"The data reduction pool feature sucks and is not recommended for use with heavy workloads."
Dell SC Series is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 13 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 33 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.0, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "The performance was staggering and more than what we paid for". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "Reliable and easy to configure with simple data migration capabilities ". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series, Dell XtremIO and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell Unity XT and HPE 3PAR StoreServ. See our Dell SC Series vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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