IBM FlashSystem vs Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance comparison

"IBM products at the enterprise level are stable solutions, with a score of nine out of ten for stability."

"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."

"It's very easy to manage."

"IBM FlashSystem has an easy to use GUI, similar to the IBM Storewize family, which make it one of the best flash storage systems in the market."

"The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in an hour and a half by one person."

"The initial setup was really straightforward. It was not complex. Deployment took one month, due to the data migration duration."

"I rate the technical support from IBM as a ten."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is SCM (Storage Class Memory), which has the lowest latency value in the storage industry."

"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."

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

"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."

"This solution needs a management console where we are alerted to issues and can report them, or escalate them through email or another method."

"I have looked at a few pages of a report I download and I saw a graph there regarding software-defined vendors. IBM is not in a good position on this graph. I know that they are working very hard on this, to make it much better and to get to a level where it's not only hardware but also software to provide a complete solution."

"They can include Amazon file system S3 protocol in the upcoming releases. It is a cloud file system. IBM FlashSystem doesn't have this feature in the box for high-end or mid-range. We have got requests for this from customers because we need to use S3 for EDI application storage. At the beginning of every year, IBM releases firmware. When I find any bugs in the firmware during the year, I am unable to find any information from IBM regarding the bug. I need to open a ticket, and the IBM engineering team makes a patch only for me. This patch is not public. By creating a customized patch for a client, they don't really solve the issue for everyone. If multiple users have the same bug, IBM should upload the patch on the official website so that we can download it. IBM FlashSystem has a monitoring tool in the box, but it is not advanced. I need a more advanced tool for more advanced equations and monitoring. All top three storage vendors, that is, EMC, IBM, and Pure Storage, don't have a powerful monitoring tool. To monitor our box to show the statistics for I/Os and latency, I need to pay for extra software. The built-in monitoring storage is not mature enough to handle all requests and generate all reports that I need. They can include the functionality to stretch a cluster natively without using any additional boxes. In addition, there are some features that EMC has integrated with the box. These features are not available in IBM FlashSystem."

"Include an option to upload the support package to the IBM ECuRep when opening an IBM PMR."

"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."

"The marketing could be improved."

"The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem."

"Its price is very good."

"The total storage capacity vs price is still quite high for the IBM Flash Array."

"This solution is expensive compared to other solutions."

"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."

"Overall the price of the solution is expensive and this includes the license."

"I price of IBM FlashSystem is reasonable and competitive."

"My customers got the IBM FlashSystem bundle offer. It was a one-time purchase for three years of service. The price would depend on the storage size and could reach between $25,000 to $55,000."

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

"The price could be better. We have many competing products now like Huawei and Dell EMC, and these are slightly cheaper."