We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Pavilion HyperParallel Flash Array based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The mobile app is very helpful."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is compression."
"When it comes to the interface of the solution we did not encounter any challenges. Additionally, the solution has good documentation."
"The valuable features for us are the extra add-ons, such as the FIM provisioning, the compression, the disaster recovery capabilities, and the storage pooling functions."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"Data deduplication is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is replication...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"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."
"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."
"The high performance is very valuable, as well as the enterprise reliability features."
"There's lots of flexibility in how we use the resources while also maintaining a small footprint."
"We have been able to consolidate storage into Pavilion. Pavilions are our only SANs because it is a bring your own disk solution. When new drives come out, we are able to take out half of the drives in the system, put in new drives, move our VMs over to the new drives, take the other drives out, and populate those with new drives. Then, we are suddenly twice as dense as we were before. NVMe flash is only going to get denser and cheaper so we can make use of that every couple of years by just throwing newer disks into it at a fraction of the cost of a new SAN."
"I would like to see some improvements on the FlashBlade side around the CIFS space support. I am not super familiar with all the different NAS protocols that they run on their box, but there could be some improvements made on SMB CIFS side."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve some aspects. There are certain features that are good and there are some features that I see some issues with at the technical level. Those issues are related to replication. They need to resolve those issues, which I have already highlighted to the Pure team. Additionally, there are some issues in the active cluster that could improve."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"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."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
"It could be easier to implement."
"Events/log analysis tools."
"The solution is not easy to use and could improve."
"The solution is not easy to implement. It takes a lot of time to study the product and it's a little complicated in general."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The rail system that Pavilion uses to mount up into a standard Dell or APC cabinet extends further back than normal rails, and they cover up the zero PDU slot. So, I don't like the rail system that comes with the device. That is my biggest complaint."
"I would like to see the management layer improved."
"In our current configuration, we can only run the line controllers in high availability, active-standby mode, whereas we would like to see active-active implemented."
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IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews while Pavilion HyperParallel Flash Array is ranked 30th in All-Flash Storage. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Pavilion HyperParallel Flash Array is rated 9.4. 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 Pavilion HyperParallel Flash Array writes "Good support, improves performance, scales well, and boosts team efficiency". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Pavilion HyperParallel Flash Array is most compared with Pure FlashArray X NVMe.
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