IBM FlashSystem vs NEC D3 series comparison

"The valuable feature is autoscalling."

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

"The feature I find most valuable, is the deduplication, because the nature of the data that we are using in our current environment, has a lot of replicated data."

"User friendly management interface."

"One of the most valuable features is that it's very easy to use and configure. It used to be more difficult, but now it's almost flawless."

"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."

"The performance of the All-Flash System is very good. There is more enhanced performance and data production in the solution, which I appreciate."

"The performance monitoring feature is useful as it can report in 15 minute intervals by hour, day, week, month, or by a custom date range."

"The performance is better than with our previous version."

"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."

"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."

"In the next release having the next level of high-speed performance would be great."

"The solution's infrastructure technology level could be PCI Express 5 instead of PCI Express 4 for the next version."

"There is room for improvement in the troubleshooting part, specifically related to IBM Spectrum for Insight. Customers are uncomfortable with remote access, which affects automated remote support."

"IBM could do more marketing and improve brand awareness. I had never heard of this product until a colleague told me about it. FlashSystem could add a few features, but it would probably increase the price. For example, Pure Storage offers instant snapshotting and partitioning. That would be nice to have, but I think the cost would go up."

"The product needs to improve their scalability."

"There could be some extra features added."

"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."

"The pricing is competitive in our country."

"The cost is pretty high in terms of licensing. We pay at least $100,000 USD in licensing fees for the storage."

"I'd rate the basic licensing and the Virtualize software a ten out of ten, and the extra Spectrum and other an eight out of ten."

"The solution requires a license and could be less expensive."

"The integration is already included in the license cost of IBM FlashSystem. The integration is very easy. You get the IBM storage core with all software, firmware, and upgrades. EMC provides the features in the box, but they are not free for customers. There is a licensing cost for features. We have yearly licensing, but IBM has also provided a new option where you pay as you go. They provide a big box, and I pay, for example, for 10 terabytes. If I exceed 10 terabytes, IBM will charge for the new storage after 10 terabytes. It is a good opportunity in the market for using the storage as a cloud and paying as you go."

"For a yearly license, it is about $100,000. There are no additional costs. The entire system is included."

"Our customers would like IMB FlashSystem to be less expensive."

"The cost of the IBM FlashSystem is lower than the HPE solution."