IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe Reviews

I'm depending on IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe for enterprise storage with a high rate of IOPS. We use it for hosting a banking application.

I have used IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe storage banking and it is currently hosting all of the bank's applications. I have not noticed any decrease in performance and it has been a great addition to our IT team in a demanding banking environment.

We use IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe as a storage device in the IT industry.

The features I find most valuable include its use for storage and performance.

It hosts mission-critical applications in core banking. It's known for its durability.

However, the data processing requirements depend on the application. 

The implementation depends on the specific application. In our case, we use it for core banking.  Moreover, it is a well-known product in the Middle East, particularly among the banks.

As an enterprise, we can depend on this product. It offers high-speed data processing and a high rate of operations. The FlashSystem 9100 delivers on both these aspects with its redundant CBUs and cache size within the two controllers being more than enough to improve our performance.

The storage serves the virtual environment. Most of our applications run in the virtual environment, and it serves nearly 30% of the bank's capacity.

IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is used for storage.

The most valuable feature of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is the snapshot. We use it daily for all of the storage units.

IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is being used for connecting to operating systems.

I have experienced firsthand the benefits of this technology. In terms of storage efficiency, the lack of moving parts has greatly improved the functionality of the system, as well as reducing the need for repairs and servicing. Additionally, the battery system, which is integral to the IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe, has also played a significant role in improving the overall performance and productivity of the system.

We use the product to block storage for services and databases.

IBM FlashSystem provides the same software on each box, including virtualized solutions. It helps us administer every box from one single source. It is a robust and good product.

Our client is Jaguar Land Rover, and we use the solution's storage array to store data related to car manufacturing and design.

The most valuable feature of the solution is its upgrades, as we don't have to do much homework because of its different controllers.

Our use case for on-premises is to improve performance. In our data center, we're using FlashSystem 9150s. We have two of them. In our customer projects, we have over two dozen of every model installed, including the 5200 and the 7200. So, we have the complete range of FlashSystems installed.

It can be deployed on-prem, on a public cloud, or in a hybrid cloud combination derivative. The cloud provider can be AWS, Microsoft Azure, and of course, IBM Cloud.

It improves performance 2:1 or better. It also saves space by 80%. It takes only about 20% of the space that prior generation products took. 

It uses about 85% less energy, which is a big deal, and it also protects against cyber threats and ransomware.

When it runs on the virtual machines in the public cloud, or it runs on-premises, you get about three times the capacity in the public cloud than you would get by using the storage that a cloud provider offers. It is not a well-known secret, except for the people who have to pay the bills for storage in the public cloud. Public cloud storage is very expensive. It is much more expensive than storage on site. So, being able to reduce the cost of public cloud storage by two-thirds is a big deal, and this product allows you to do that, which is an advantage.

It is smaller, and it uses less energy. It puts less into the data center, which is a big deal. Heat is a big issue in data centers, and the larger the data center scales, the more is heat. Because there are no moving parts and no motors, and they use so much less electricity, these systems don't dump a lot of heat into the computer room. That is really important because as your data centers scale-out as companies grow, the heat in the data center starts to limit the ability to have air conditioning power and the amount of storage you can put in the data center. One of the big advantages of this technology is that it runs so cool and uses so little power. I've walked in a lot of data centers, and people have fans running to even off hotspots, and they're running big chillers. There is one data center nearby, and when you get within a block or two of that, you can hear the cooling systems. The cooling systems are taller than the building. They're in a big, chain-link cage mounted out in the parking lot, and they're just roaring all the time trying to take the heat out of the data center. The best way to solve that problem is not to put the heat into the data center in the first place.