IBM FlashSystem vs NEC D3 series comparison

"The speed of the unit is its best feature. It performs very well."

"Virtualization of external storage, while adding cache and speed to the external storage."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is replication...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."

"The performance is very good and we use this product to enhance our core system."

"User friendly management interface."

"They have a virtualization feature and, even if you do not want to buy that feature, you can have it as a trial for two to three months. If you have another brand of storage from another company, you can use this tool to transfer all your data from the old system to the new Storwize system, which really shortens the migration time."

"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."

"Speed (IOPS/second) – It is most vital for applications that need low latency and high speed for transferring the data."

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

"IBM should improve its data reduction development."

"The pricing needs to be more competitive."

"Product support is restricted to IBM only. It must be decentralized to IBM partners as well."

"It is slightly more expensive, however, it all depends on your supplier."

"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."

"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."

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

"In IBM FlashSystem, data reduction is an area with shortcomings where improvements can be made in the future."

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

"There are no licensing fees, it is a one-time purchase of the IBM FlashSystem."

"The solution has good pricing, but it is not cheaper."

"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."

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

"I price of IBM FlashSystem is reasonable and competitive."

"Among IBM, Dell EMC, and Pure Storage, IBM is the cheapest. The price is also based on our location, the size of our entity, and our regular annual purchases from them. We are a very big IBM customer, so we normally get very high discounts. We are not a big customer of Pure Storage. We don't buy that much from Pure Storage per year. Everything is included in the price. There is no extra license for different functions."

"Regarding licensing make sure you add at least three years software maintenance from IBM at the beginning, because you will not be able to download firmware updates or any fixes/patches without this."

"This is an expensive product and if the price were reduced it would be better."