IT Departmant - System Administration at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2021-07-28T14:02:43Z
Jul 28, 2021
The VMware should be addressed and the solution should have more storage, although I am not in need of the latter or of any other product at present. The solution could be more scalable, although it suits our present needs.
You can not buy a lot of options for these devices. There are a lot of things that it does not do. Some things that it does not do that we would like it to do include easy tiering. If you have got spindles and you want to cache a couple of terabytes of storage on SSD, that would be something we would like to see that, currently, it does not have the capacity to do. The thing it comes down to is that Lenovo needs to add some more of the software features that would allow the ThinkSystem line to compete with other products that we sell. Other than that, it is what it is.
Usually, when a part fails, we have to replace it and it takes a while. It would be better if the part could be available locally here in Kenya so we don't have to wait so long to repair the solution. If you compare this solution to IBM, there's a feature in IBM that is able to send alerts so that you can be able to place a part order immediately. Lenovo should offer this. It would shorten the process of part replacement.
Flash storage is a data storage technology that delivers high-speed, programmable memory. It is called flash storage because of the speed at which it writes data and performs input/output (I/O) operations.
They should include a snapshot feature for the solution.
The solution's performance could be faster.
Improvements can be made to the product's performance.
ThinkSystem could be better integrated with backup software like Commvault, Veritas, or Symantec.
While it is a reliable product, it could be improved. It would be useful to have structured solutions replicated to other sites.
The VMware should be addressed and the solution should have more storage, although I am not in need of the latter or of any other product at present. The solution could be more scalable, although it suits our present needs.
You can not buy a lot of options for these devices. There are a lot of things that it does not do. Some things that it does not do that we would like it to do include easy tiering. If you have got spindles and you want to cache a couple of terabytes of storage on SSD, that would be something we would like to see that, currently, it does not have the capacity to do. The thing it comes down to is that Lenovo needs to add some more of the software features that would allow the ThinkSystem line to compete with other products that we sell. Other than that, it is what it is.
Usually, when a part fails, we have to replace it and it takes a while. It would be better if the part could be available locally here in Kenya so we don't have to wait so long to repair the solution. If you compare this solution to IBM, there's a feature in IBM that is able to send alerts so that you can be able to place a part order immediately. Lenovo should offer this. It would shorten the process of part replacement.
I would like to have a better performance from this solution. In the next release, I would like to see support for Hyper-converged infrastructure.