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)."One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."
"The most valuable feature is that is supports a high IOPS rate."
"Speed (IOPS/second) – It is most vital for applications that need low latency and high speed for transferring the data."
"We are a 100% satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."
"IBM FlashSystem is a flexible solution with plenty of features."
"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"The performance is better than with our previous version."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"There could be some extra features added."
"AHV is Acropolis Hypervisor – A relatively new Hypervisor, robust and stable as VMware vSphere, has built-in advanced analytics and powerful operations, Self Service Portal and components for DevOps included, managed by a single pane of glass (Prism) via HTML5 and it is free of charge – That is why Nutanix is so advanced and revolutionary."
"The ease of installation should be improved. We had issues with the configuration model."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"The customer's expectations are what they get on the cloud, they're expecting even in the on-premises deployments, going forward."
"The storage capacity of this solution could be improved."
"The basic setup can be challenging when it comes to certain IP addresses and the configuration of the IP. You have to go in to different menus to makes changes and ensure it is stable."
"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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