IBM FlashSystem vs NEC D3 series comparison

"Most of the features for the reduction in data compression are useful. It is also very easy to use and administer. Its performance is also good."

"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."

"I would recommend it to other users."

"The storage system is one of the best in the world."

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

"This solution is very stable."

"When it comes to the interface of the solution we did not encounter any challenges. Additionally, the solution has good documentation."

"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 performance is better than with our previous version."

"They can improve its initial configuration. The initial configuration is currently very difficult. There are multiple choices or alternative ways to configure based on the use case and what you are targeting out of the device, that is, more capacity or more performance. These multiple alternatives cause a lot of confusion. They should increase the processing part of the nodes. Currently, you can cluster up to eight nodes. From my experience and the workload that I am facing in my environment currently, I would like to see either a bigger or stronger node or a larger number of nodes that can be clustered together. We formally communicated to them that we need to see either this or that, and they are working on something."

"Events/log analysis tools."

"They don't offer subscription-based payments."

"There is room for improvement in the troubleshooting part, specifically related to IBM Spectrum for Insight. Customers are uncomfortable with remote access, which affects automated remote support."

"I know they have a flashcopy manager, but it is extra software, an additional license, and some customers don't like to add addition costs to their infrastructure. If IBM could create, or include snapshot management within the GUI, that would really be helpful."

"When you provision a datastore auto-format takes a long time"

"The solution is not able to replicate data in one-to-many scenario."

"One area for improvement is in the GUI, where host clusters are not properly dealt with. With Hypervisor host clusters, all hosts must see the same volumes in the same order. Using the concept of a “host-group” has been around (even with IBM) for many years, so why not with the V7000?"

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

"The pricing is reasonable."

"For a yearly license, it is about $100,000. There are no additional costs. The entire system is included."

"Our customers would like IMB FlashSystem to be less expensive."

"IBM V7000 has a new license and price structure which provides intuitive licensing based on the functions customers wish to enable and use the most."

"They've been much more aggressive in the last five, six years than they were before that."

"The price of IBM FlashSystem is reasonable."

"The price depends of the technology that our customers need. The price can come at a lower cost but this may increase as storage is added."

"The solution requires a license and could be less expensive."