We performed a comparison between IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo 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 most valuable feature is reliability."
"It is simple to make an update."
"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."
"This solution is really user friendly. It also offers good performance and is highly reliable."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"No queuing and high ops, speed, and performance."
"Data deduplication is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"The solution is very easy to configure and use."
"The most valuable feature is real-time analytics."
"The most valuable features of Qumulo are the ease of management and special permissions that are quick to enable. The overall performance of the solution is good."
"It is a very stable product. I never faced any issues."
"The ratio of total operational cost to complexity versus feature set is very good."
"The most valuable features of Qumulo are its rolling updates and all-day availability."
"The most valuable feature of Qumulo is the ability to share files and reliability."
"The feature that I like most is the analytics part of the file system."
"The data protection algorithm to protect the data between the nodes has been the most valuable feature. The integration with backup platforms such as Veeam and Veritas has also been valuable."
"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 solution is not easy to use and could improve."
"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."
"Our model does not support compression or deduplication."
"We use some open-source tools for monitoring, such as Grafana and it should be bundled along with IBM FlashSystem."
"In IBM FlashSystem, data reduction is an area with shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."
"The array level RAID does not seem available."
"Include an option to upload the support package to the IBM ECuRep when opening an IBM PMR."
"The price of the software is a bit expensive, so a reduction in cost would make it more competitive."
"One aspect of Qumulo that I hoped to see improved was its software upgrade process, which did see significant progress during my usage. Initially, upgrading the software resulted in several minutes of system downtime. However, by the time I departed last summer, the downtime had reduced to mere ten seconds. Although I am unsure if Qumulo has yet achieved a completely outage-free upgrade, I simply performed the upgrades early in the morning before the marketing department began its workday, so any downtime was inconsequential."
"The solution could improve availability and improve data protection or data services such as compression of deduplication. In a future release, we'd like to have more cloud API integrations."
"The support for iMac and protocols should be improved, not all features are available."
"In the next release, I would like to see the ability to have more control at a terminal level of the file system."
"Some anti-theft permissions do not transfer well to Qumulo."
"In the future, I would like to see non-disruptive updates."
"Qumulo should continue to expand automation and orchestration capabilities."
IBM FlashSystem is ranked 4th in NAS with 106 reviews while Qumulo is ranked 7th in NAS with 8 reviews. IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2, while Qumulo is rated 7.8. 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 Qumulo writes "Useful data sharing, simple cluster scaling, and excellent support". IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Qumulo is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, Scality RING, Nasuni and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our IBM FlashSystem vs. Qumulo report.
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