IBM FlashSystem vs INFINIDAT InfiniBox comparison

The compared IBM and INFINIDAT solutions aren't in the same category. IBM is ranked #4 in N , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 7.3% mindshare in the category. INFINIDAT is ranked #9 in ES , and holds a 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of INFINIDAT users who would recommend it.

IBM FlashSystem

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91% willing to recommend

INFINIDAT InfiniBox

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

IBM FlashSystem

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

107

Ranking in other categories

NAS (4th), Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) (3rd), All-Flash Storage (6th)

INFINIDAT InfiniBox

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise SAN (9th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Solutions solutions, they serve different purposes. IBM FlashSystem is designed for NAS and holds a mindshare of 7.3%, up 7.4% compared to last year.
INFINIDAT InfiniBox, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise SAN, holds 2.7% mindshare, up 2.2% since last year.

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Abdul-Salam

Sr. Manager - System Analyst (Datacenter Infrastructure) at Sohar International

Feb 3, 2023

An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression

Our company uses the solution for robotic process automation, workflow automation, and document management. The solution is used for certain front-end systems, so users are not aware of the how it operates on the backend. About 30 front-end users access each application across various bank…

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GianpaoloMazzola

Project Deployment at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Jan 4, 2022

Good performance, suitable for big data, but the response time could be improved

The primary use case for this product is high-performance storage This product has good performance. It is similar to the Dell PowerMax and Pure Storage FlashArray. The InfiniBox has three active controllers. The response time for read requests can be improved. It is not as good as the solution…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"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."

"The ability to create LUNs and modify them are the most valuable features of this solution."

"The solution allows for easy migrations from previous products or vendors via its embedded storage virtualization function."

"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."

"It's very easy to manage."

"This solution is very stable."

"The most valuable features are flexibility and performance."

"The installation is nice and easy."

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"Mostly, their support is also great at reacting to issues but moreover, proactive to prevent issues."

"This product has good performance."

Cons

"The generic functionality of IBM FlashSystem, IBM always dismisses using file share or sharing protocols inside their storage hardware, and they only focus on the block-level storage."

"I know they have a flashcopy manager, but it is extra software, an additional license, and some customers don't like to add addition costs to their infrastructure. If IBM could create, or include snapshot management within the GUI, that would really be helpful."

"They don't offer subscription-based payments."

"The solution is not easy to implement. It takes a lot of time to study the product and it's a little complicated in general."

"If you want to expand, you cannot expand the disc enclosure. You have to buy a total individual node. Sometimes, this is difficult because we are just looking for capacity and not a node."

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

"I think the only thing the developers can look at, is that it is limited to 25 gigabytes currently. In the next release they might want to increase that."

"Sometimes the performance is effective but it gets resolved in the process."

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"The response time for read requests can be improved."

"InfiniBox, right now, offers only asynchronous replication between two storages."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If five is a good price and one is a high price, I would rate the price a two or three out of five."

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

"My customers got the IBM FlashSystem bundle offer. It was a one-time purchase for three years of service. The price would depend on the storage size and could reach between $25,000 to $55,000."

"The tool is cost-efficient."

"The price depends of the technology that our customers need. The price can come at a lower cost but this may increase as storage is added."

"The pricing may be a bit higher than other brands. If you compare the IBM FlashSystems in midrange with Dell EMC in midrange, IBM costs a bit more, but I prefer IBM because it has more specs that I can benefit from."

"I find the pricing of the solution to be very reasonable."

"Overall the price of the solution is expensive and this includes the license."

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"The license covers any feature and also, the future features are already included. It is as easy as a 1, 2 and 3."

"The best features come included without any additional cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Educational Organization

47%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM FlashSystem?

It is simple to make an update.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM FlashSystem?

The product is expensive. It costs around 150k for five years.

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What needs improvement with IBM FlashSystem?

The product could be cheaper.

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Comparisons

Dell PowerStore vs IBM FlashSystem

Compared 26% of the time

Pure Storage FlashArray vs IBM FlashSystem

Compared 9% of the time

Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs IBM FlashSystem

Compared 6% of the time

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs IBM FlashSystem

Compared 6% of the time

Dell PowerMax NVMe vs IBM FlashSystem

Compared 6% of the time

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Pure Storage FlashArray vs INFINIDAT InfiniBox

Compared 64% of the time

NetApp AFF vs INFINIDAT InfiniBox

Compared 20% of the time

Dell Unity XT vs INFINIDAT InfiniBox

Compared 9% of the time

Dell XtremIO vs INFINIDAT InfiniBox

Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

IBM FlashSystem products are enterprise computer data storage systems that store data on flash memory chips. Unlike storage systems that use standard solid-state drives, IBM FlashSystem products incorporate custom hardware based on technology from the 2012 acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. This hardware provides performance, reliability, and efficiency benefits versus competitive offerings.

InfiniBox, high performance enterprise data storage, eliminates performance, availability and scalability issues to accelerate critical business applications. Based upon a fully abstracted set of software driven storage functions layered on top of industry standard hardware, INFINIDAT delivers a fast, highly available, and easy-to-deploy storage system.

Unmatched reliability and performance (99.99999% uptime) is delivered through an innovative self-healing architecture, high performance double-parity RAID, and comprehensive end-to-end data verification capability. In addition, an efficient data distribution architecture that uses all drives all the time, and a very large flash cache, deliver ultra-high performance with up to 1M IOPS, and over 12GB/s throughput along with our InfiniMetrics detailed performance monitoring.

Sample Customers

Celero, Friedhelm Loh Group, Clarks, Mingkang Natregro Health Food Group, Sofia, Etisalat Fights Fraud, UF Health Shands Hospital, Generali, Elecon Engineering Company Limited, Ventiv , Technology, CPFL Energia, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., SciQuest, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Paddy Power, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Interconnect Services, Severstal IP-Only AB, PVU Group GmbH

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