We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution offers amazing performance."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Our storage phones home. It is smart and intelligent in that aspect, which has been huge for us. We don't have to be storage administrators."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"The installation is nice and easy."
"The most valuable features of IBM FlashSystem are performance and security."
"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."
"FlashSystem offers proven technology in a compact package."
"User friendly management interface."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The solution allows for easy migrations from previous products or vendors via its embedded storage virtualization function."
"The speed, performance, and stability are the best features of IBM FlashSystem."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"I would like to see a Nagios monitoring plugin which watches the health and performance of the system. The only one available just checks volume capacity."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"Customization features must be improved."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"The solution is not easy to use and could improve."
"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 pricing needs to be more competitive."
"It is slightly more expensive, however, it all depends on your supplier."
"The solution is quite expensive. That's one of the downsides to using it."
"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 biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"NetApp systems are somewhat more complex, though not excessively so. If you're transitioning from a Windows server environment to NetApp, get training or education; otherwise, you might struggle with this solution."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"The user interface could be improved."
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 4th in NAS with 106 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 97 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. 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 NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and HPE StoreEasy. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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