"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The performance is very good and we use this product to enhance our core system."
"IBM's technical support do excellent work."
"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."
"When it comes to the interface of the solution we did not encounter any challenges. Additionally, the solution has good documentation."
"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"The most valuable features in IBM FlashSystem are IOPS, performance, duplication, and compression."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"The solution is stable."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"There could be some extra features added."
"The deduplication and compression ratio is not very good. It's not reaching a very high ratio."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."
"The generic functionality of IBM FlashSystem, IBM always dismisses using file share or sharing protocols inside their storage hardware, and they only focus on the block-level storage."
"The solution is quite expensive. That's one of the downsides to using it."
"The security features can be improved such that the encryption does not affect performance in any way."
"The interface of this solution could be improved."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"You always need a huge amount of hardware to fulfill a given setup. Its deployment can be complex, especially if you go MetroCluster."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The user interface could be improved."
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 2nd in NAS with 33 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in NAS with 20 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.4, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "Reliable and easy to configure with simple data migration capabilities ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Reliable, scalable, and stable storage solution which offers multiple features". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell Unity XT and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Qumulo, HPE StorageWorks MSA and Hitachi NAS. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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