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IBM System Storage DS8000 Series pros and cons

Vendor: IBM
4.7 out of 5
 

IBM System Storage DS8000 Series Pros review quotes

it_user672402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 25, 2017
These are global mirror and replication for DR, which allow us to do a lot of DR testing.
it_user672408 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 25, 2017
I really recommend the IBM DS8000 solution as it is the most advanced technology available for storage solutions.
it_user674232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2017
The main benefit is from the standpoint of recovery; recovery time and being able to quickly replicate data.
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it_user674253 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant for Storage with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2017
We have had no outages now for literally six years and that's really impressive.
reviewer1392684 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect; Senior Manager Mainframe Technical Service at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 9, 2020
The Global Copy and Global Mirror features are the solution's most valuable aspects.
AS
Team Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 11, 2021
The high throughput feature is the most powerful thing in this product.
 

IBM System Storage DS8000 Series Cons review quotes

it_user672402 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 25, 2017
On the open system side, it's a little different.
it_user672408 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 25, 2017
We need the GUI feature to be improved. If the GUI is good, then it is easier to manage with just the clicks, rather than going in with CLI and commands to do the stuff.
it_user674232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2017
I would like it to be easier to use. Some of it is so complex that we've got a lot of scripts and automation and things tied around it.
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it_user674253 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant for Storage with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2017
Sometimes when we do encounter problems, but not a complete system shutdown, that gets a little bit frustrating.
reviewer1392684 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect; Senior Manager Mainframe Technical Service at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 9, 2020
The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally.
AS
Team Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 11, 2021
The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options.