Technological Infrastructure Manager at Mercado Argentino de Valores S.A.
Real User
Top 5
May 24, 2024
The tool has a lot of positive features like mirroring volume, which is more convenient to me, for me on the contingency side, and protecting data, and they are very solid. I am a veteran with the tool and have thirty years of expertise. I began my career mainly with IBM systems, like IBM iX and IBM AD. My company has deployed the automation mainly in the investment table now, and we are expanding these with another area. For example, the negotiation areas have repetitive tasks, but we are now in the process of studying and analyzing the methods and all the processes because it is impossible to automate the process with no documentation or a plug-in diagram. If the company has to grow fast or quickly, we have a little goal to handle. I am the main manager of IT and infrastructure, and my team collaborates with all the main areas in the organization. IBM products always provide me with highly solid solutions. Sometimes, the tool offers availability and features. I have used a lot of IBM tools during my career, and I use them to network with the technologies from IBM. I was working in the banking sector, where IBM AS/400 was very popular. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
I will recommend the tool to others. It is stable and reliable. It is expandable. A solution is integrated with IBM System Storage for security purposes. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.
The IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is the first high-level solution offered reasonable price. It provides the same features as high-end solutions but with scalability. It's priced right for us. Additionally, it provides features similar to those of an enterprise-level solution. We get a lot of features with the DS5000 Series. It's a strong positioning in the market. Overall, I rate the solution a 9 out of 10.
I work as a system integrator in an organization where we use SAP. My company takes care of the implementation part of SAP infrastructure for our customers. I would recommend to those planning to use IBM System Storage DS5000 Series that they also need to consider the other products in the market before making a decision. I rate the overall product a seven out of ten.
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ICT officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
Jun 6, 2023
I suggest looking for the latest version of this solution. The solution is reliable. It only has a limitation with the storage. When we reach the maximum storage, we need to replace the system. We cannot take a standard one. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
I would rate the tool a nine out of ten. We prefer IBM because of its good features. It can visualize a non-IBM solution which is one of its unique features.
In summary, this is a good product. They have also added some extra security features, and we like them very much. As an example, we didn't ask for it, but they implemented a helpful feature to fight against ransomware. This adding of features is quite nice. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Network Security Specialist at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Oct 15, 2020
We aren't partners with IBM. We don't have a business relationship. We're just customers. I'd advise others that there are a lot of solutions available on the market. IBM is not their only option. Overall, it's a great, robust solution. I'd rate it, on a scale from one to ten, at an eight.
Currently, we don't sell IBM products, although I've worked with IBM via clients. The customer is still working with the storage. I have experienced full replacements with it. The customer had a problem with it and they had to replace the controller. I prefer HPE 3PAR for managing. 3PAR has many specifications on the storage web console. You can do anything and analyze everything from there. With IBM you must know the system quite well. You must have some experience in order to use it effectively. On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate this solution at a seven. If they improved the usability by adding instructions into the console, I'd probably rate them a nine.
NAS Storage Tech Leader at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Sep 27, 2020
It is very strong in block storage for the database environment. It has very good quality because the compression, deduplication, and encryption are directly done by the disks, so there is no penalty on the processes of all controllers. If you need a platform that is oriented towards block storage and has features like multi-protocol, cloud integration, and so on, I don't think this is the best solution. It doesn't have direct NAS protocols or things like this. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten, specifically for the needs of block storage. Its performance is very good, which is the biggest asset of this solution. However, it doesn't provide enough services, which probably solutions like NetApp or Dell are providing.
DS5000 storage systems are equally adept at supporting transactional applications such as databases and online transaction processing (OLTP), throughput-intensive applications such as high-performance computing (HPC) and rich media, and concurrent workloads for consolidation and virtualization. DS5000 series storage systems can support service level agreements (SLAs) for the most common operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux and Apple Macintosh. With drive-level...
I recommend IBM DS5000. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
The system would work well for the customer. So, it's good. I would rate it an eight out of ten.
The tool has a lot of positive features like mirroring volume, which is more convenient to me, for me on the contingency side, and protecting data, and they are very solid. I am a veteran with the tool and have thirty years of expertise. I began my career mainly with IBM systems, like IBM iX and IBM AD. My company has deployed the automation mainly in the investment table now, and we are expanding these with another area. For example, the negotiation areas have repetitive tasks, but we are now in the process of studying and analyzing the methods and all the processes because it is impossible to automate the process with no documentation or a plug-in diagram. If the company has to grow fast or quickly, we have a little goal to handle. I am the main manager of IT and infrastructure, and my team collaborates with all the main areas in the organization. IBM products always provide me with highly solid solutions. Sometimes, the tool offers availability and features. I have used a lot of IBM tools during my career, and I use them to network with the technologies from IBM. I was working in the banking sector, where IBM AS/400 was very popular. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
I will recommend the tool to others. It is stable and reliable. It is expandable. A solution is integrated with IBM System Storage for security purposes. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.
The IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is the first high-level solution offered reasonable price. It provides the same features as high-end solutions but with scalability. It's priced right for us. Additionally, it provides features similar to those of an enterprise-level solution. We get a lot of features with the DS5000 Series. It's a strong positioning in the market. Overall, I rate the solution a 9 out of 10.
I work as a system integrator in an organization where we use SAP. My company takes care of the implementation part of SAP infrastructure for our customers. I would recommend to those planning to use IBM System Storage DS5000 Series that they also need to consider the other products in the market before making a decision. I rate the overall product a seven out of ten.
I suggest looking for the latest version of this solution. The solution is reliable. It only has a limitation with the storage. When we reach the maximum storage, we need to replace the system. We cannot take a standard one. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
I would rate the tool a nine out of ten. We prefer IBM because of its good features. It can visualize a non-IBM solution which is one of its unique features.
I would recommend this solution to potential users. On a scale from one to ten, I would give IBM System Storage DS5000 a ten.
I rate the solution a nine out of ten. The solution is good but the amount of storage can be improved.
IBM System Storage DS5000 Series is a great product, and I would rate it at nine on a scale from one to ten.
In summary, this is a good product. They have also added some extra security features, and we like them very much. As an example, we didn't ask for it, but they implemented a helpful feature to fight against ransomware. This adding of features is quite nice. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
We aren't partners with IBM. We don't have a business relationship. We're just customers. I'd advise others that there are a lot of solutions available on the market. IBM is not their only option. Overall, it's a great, robust solution. I'd rate it, on a scale from one to ten, at an eight.
Currently, we don't sell IBM products, although I've worked with IBM via clients. The customer is still working with the storage. I have experienced full replacements with it. The customer had a problem with it and they had to replace the controller. I prefer HPE 3PAR for managing. 3PAR has many specifications on the storage web console. You can do anything and analyze everything from there. With IBM you must know the system quite well. You must have some experience in order to use it effectively. On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate this solution at a seven. If they improved the usability by adding instructions into the console, I'd probably rate them a nine.
It is very strong in block storage for the database environment. It has very good quality because the compression, deduplication, and encryption are directly done by the disks, so there is no penalty on the processes of all controllers. If you need a platform that is oriented towards block storage and has features like multi-protocol, cloud integration, and so on, I don't think this is the best solution. It doesn't have direct NAS protocols or things like this. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten, specifically for the needs of block storage. Its performance is very good, which is the biggest asset of this solution. However, it doesn't provide enough services, which probably solutions like NetApp or Dell are providing.