Consultor at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
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Top 20
2024-10-07T18:39:00Z
Oct 7, 2024
I recommend it. It is very easy to install and manage. With the FlashCore technology, you can improve your performance in your environment, and you can store more data with the same quantity of drives due to compression or hardware compression. It has a stable architecture and is competitive in price. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
My advice to new users is to be aware that the product can be slow for general purposes. It is designed with specific use cases in mind, so ensure it aligns with your specific needs and purpose before using it. Overall, I would rate IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe as a seven out of ten.
Pre-Sales Consultant - Infrastructure at InfoTech Group
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Top 5
2023-05-16T13:18:00Z
May 16, 2023
If a customer is looking for a high-performance flash storage network, it's a good option since it gives you end-to-end NVMe connectivity within the box. There are some missing features that IBM needs to improve or add to its solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
I would advise them to go for the 7000 series as it is powerful enough in terms of performance and cost-effective. If they want something for backup or general purposes, then they can go for the 5000 systems. Overall, I would rate FlashSystem 9100 NVMe an eight on a scale from one to ten.
I would tell those planning to use the solution in the future that since many people would not be able to purchase IBM FlashSystem 9100. It is better to purchase IBM FlashSystem 9500. I also recommend other organizations embrace IBM FlashSystem as it is one of the best solutions in the market in terms of cost, performance, reliability, availability, support, and the fact it is supported on a hybrid cloud. FlashSystem is a software-defined storage from IBM. IBM is constantly investing and improving its storage portfolio. Since most organizations are looking at digital transformation nowadays, it is the best time to deploy and use IBM FlashSystem in their environment. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Information Technology Senior Administrator at Genpa
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Top 10
2023-03-27T10:53:18Z
Mar 27, 2023
I would recommend that individuals interested in using IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe compare its performance and features with other solutions. Additionally, it is crucial to ensure that the chosen system has ransomware protection capabilities. I rate IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe an eight out of ten.
Microfinance at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
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Top 10
2023-01-18T18:25:26Z
Jan 18, 2023
It is important to do a thorough assessment of the sizing needs when considering the IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe, as it is a costly product. It is not easy to upgrade multiple times, so the administrator or company should carefully consider their needs before making a purchase. I rate IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe a ten out of ten.
Team Lead IT Infrastructure & Datacenter at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2022-07-19T07:50:48Z
Jul 19, 2022
We're looking to explore other solutions, and what they offer in terms of price and features. I recommend this solution but if you have the need for good compression and deduplication features, then I would suggest checking out other solutions. IBM is only good if you don't depend significantly on those two aspects. I rate this solution nine out of 10.
Consulting Client Executive at Jeskell Systems, LLC
Real User
2022-02-10T03:17:15Z
Feb 10, 2022
My advice would be to keep the code current. Every four or five months, IBM has a code update, and I would advise others to keep their product current. You should basically set it, forget it, and enjoy it. People who run competitive systems would be shocked because it's so different, yet it's just hugely better than the stuff we've had in the past. This is a good way to reduce your cloud storage expenses. Everybody is migrating to the cloud or thinking of migrating to the cloud, and truly, if the cloud was perfect, nobody needs a data center. You don't need your own electrical generation facility. You get power from the public utility that provides the power. Public cloud can also provide good storage capabilities, but we're at the beginning of that capability, and because it's imperfect and it's expensive, people still need data centers. We have to deal with the limitations of the public cloud, which are performance, cost, and complexity. If you're a business that can't afford to be down, do you really want to hand that to some third party? That's why the credit card companies and the financial service companies and people who have to be online 24/7 worldwide don't run those things in the cloud. They run them in on-premise data centers. On the other hand, a lot of customers are migrating to the cloud or are somewhere in the journey. They are either at the beginning of the journey or in the middle of that journey. For them, this is a big help because they can run in the hybrid mode so that things that make sense in the cloud are in the cloud, and the things that make sense on-premises are on-premises. I would rate it a nine out of 10. The product is a game-changer. IBM changed the game architecturally by moving computational resources into the flash media. Different isn't always better, but in this case, it is. In the industry today, only IBM has a product with a true scale-out storage architecture. All other systems use media that is just a big cousin to the media in your laptop. It just stores data. IBM not only stores data, but it also has the computational resource that does compression, reliability, and deduplication.
Information Technology Senior Administrator at Genpa
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Top 10
2020-11-12T13:43:00Z
Nov 12, 2020
I would rate IBM FlashSystem a seven out of ten. The performance is good but the support is not. It's easy to use, has good stability, and many features.
IBM FlashSystem is an excellent product. That said, I don't recommend it to vendors due to the fact that IBM doesn't have a file system. For the operator, it's difficult to work with different types of storage. Again, we need to have one solution, one software that encapsulates everything, and right now, IBM is missing the file system. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate the solution at a nine.
IBM FlashSystem 9100 combines the performance of flash and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) end-to-end with the reliability and innovation of IBM FlashCore technology and the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize - all in a powerful 2U enterprise-class storage system. Providing intensive data driven multicloud storage capacity, FlashSystem 9100 is deeply integrated with the software defined capabilities of IBM Spectrum Storage allowing you to easily add in the multicloud solutions that...
I recommend it. It is very easy to install and manage. With the FlashCore technology, you can improve your performance in your environment, and you can store more data with the same quantity of drives due to compression or hardware compression. It has a stable architecture and is competitive in price. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is mostly for medium businesses. I rate it a nine out of ten.
My advice to new users is to be aware that the product can be slow for general purposes. It is designed with specific use cases in mind, so ensure it aligns with your specific needs and purpose before using it. Overall, I would rate IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe as a seven out of ten.
I advise others to use the solution if they require good system performance and scalability. The product is excellent; I rate it a nine out of ten.
If a customer is looking for a high-performance flash storage network, it's a good option since it gives you end-to-end NVMe connectivity within the box. There are some missing features that IBM needs to improve or add to its solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
I would advise them to go for the 7000 series as it is powerful enough in terms of performance and cost-effective. If they want something for backup or general purposes, then they can go for the 5000 systems. Overall, I would rate FlashSystem 9100 NVMe an eight on a scale from one to ten.
I would tell those planning to use the solution in the future that since many people would not be able to purchase IBM FlashSystem 9100. It is better to purchase IBM FlashSystem 9500. I also recommend other organizations embrace IBM FlashSystem as it is one of the best solutions in the market in terms of cost, performance, reliability, availability, support, and the fact it is supported on a hybrid cloud. FlashSystem is a software-defined storage from IBM. IBM is constantly investing and improving its storage portfolio. Since most organizations are looking at digital transformation nowadays, it is the best time to deploy and use IBM FlashSystem in their environment. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
I would recommend that individuals interested in using IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe compare its performance and features with other solutions. Additionally, it is crucial to ensure that the chosen system has ransomware protection capabilities. I rate IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe an eight out of ten.
I recommend the solution and rate it an eight out of ten.
It is important to do a thorough assessment of the sizing needs when considering the IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe, as it is a costly product. It is not easy to upgrade multiple times, so the administrator or company should carefully consider their needs before making a purchase. I rate IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe a ten out of ten.
We're looking to explore other solutions, and what they offer in terms of price and features. I recommend this solution but if you have the need for good compression and deduplication features, then I would suggest checking out other solutions. IBM is only good if you don't depend significantly on those two aspects. I rate this solution nine out of 10.
My advice would be to keep the code current. Every four or five months, IBM has a code update, and I would advise others to keep their product current. You should basically set it, forget it, and enjoy it. People who run competitive systems would be shocked because it's so different, yet it's just hugely better than the stuff we've had in the past. This is a good way to reduce your cloud storage expenses. Everybody is migrating to the cloud or thinking of migrating to the cloud, and truly, if the cloud was perfect, nobody needs a data center. You don't need your own electrical generation facility. You get power from the public utility that provides the power. Public cloud can also provide good storage capabilities, but we're at the beginning of that capability, and because it's imperfect and it's expensive, people still need data centers. We have to deal with the limitations of the public cloud, which are performance, cost, and complexity. If you're a business that can't afford to be down, do you really want to hand that to some third party? That's why the credit card companies and the financial service companies and people who have to be online 24/7 worldwide don't run those things in the cloud. They run them in on-premise data centers. On the other hand, a lot of customers are migrating to the cloud or are somewhere in the journey. They are either at the beginning of the journey or in the middle of that journey. For them, this is a big help because they can run in the hybrid mode so that things that make sense in the cloud are in the cloud, and the things that make sense on-premises are on-premises. I would rate it a nine out of 10. The product is a game-changer. IBM changed the game architecturally by moving computational resources into the flash media. Different isn't always better, but in this case, it is. In the industry today, only IBM has a product with a true scale-out storage architecture. All other systems use media that is just a big cousin to the media in your laptop. It just stores data. IBM not only stores data, but it also has the computational resource that does compression, reliability, and deduplication.
I would rate IBM FlashSystem a seven out of ten. The performance is good but the support is not. It's easy to use, has good stability, and many features.
IBM FlashSystem is an excellent product. That said, I don't recommend it to vendors due to the fact that IBM doesn't have a file system. For the operator, it's difficult to work with different types of storage. Again, we need to have one solution, one software that encapsulates everything, and right now, IBM is missing the file system. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate the solution at a nine.
Overall, I think that this is a good product and I recommend it. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.