IBM FlashSystem vs NEC D3 series comparison

"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."

"The performance is very good and we use this product to enhance our core system."

"We are a 100% satisfied with the stability of the solution."

"The power systems are very reliable if you are running 24/7 operations. For ongoing mission-critical applications, it's the best solution."

"They have a virtualization feature and, even if you do not want to buy that feature, you can have it as a trial for two to three months. If you have another brand of storage from another company, you can use this tool to transfer all your data from the old system to the new Storwize system, which really shortens the migration time."

"The installation is nice and easy."

"The most valuable feature in demand is virtualization and its support storage of virtualization features."

"The FlashSystem 900 consistently delivers performance below 1ms for read/write. This performance is essential for an effective SVC stretch-cluster configuration across two datacenters, and presenting active-active storage to the customer."

"The performance is better than with our previous version."

"Our model does not support compression or deduplication."

"There is room for improvement in the troubleshooting part, specifically related to IBM Spectrum for Insight."

"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."

"I would like to see bigger modules."

"Additional licenses might be added for the fundamental licenses, such as those for copying and flash copies."

"I would like to have a larger disk. Right now, you can get 57 terabytes in a shelf. Once they get the larger disk and you get larger capacities, it'll be even better."

"The product could be cheaper."

"We use some open-source tools for monitoring, such as Grafana and it should be bundled along with IBM FlashSystem."

"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."

"I find the pricing of the solution to be very reasonable."

"The cost is pretty high in terms of licensing. We pay at least $100,000 USD in licensing fees for the storage."

"This is an expensive product and if the price were reduced it would be better."

"The integration is already included in the license cost of IBM FlashSystem. The integration is very easy. You get the IBM storage core with all software, firmware, and upgrades. EMC provides the features in the box, but they are not free for customers. There is a licensing cost for features. We have yearly licensing, but IBM has also provided a new option where you pay as you go. They provide a big box, and I pay, for example, for 10 terabytes. If I exceed 10 terabytes, IBM will charge for the new storage after 10 terabytes. It is a good opportunity in the market for using the storage as a cloud and paying as you go."

"There are no licensing fees, it is a one-time purchase of the IBM FlashSystem."

"The pricing may be a bit higher than other brands. If you compare the IBM FlashSystems in midrange with Dell EMC in midrange, IBM costs a bit more, but I prefer IBM because it has more specs that I can benefit from."

"I would rate the pricing of this solution a four out of five."

"This solution is expensive compared to other solutions."