IBM Storage FlashSystem vs. Pure Storage FlashArray

Pure Storage FlashArray

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Storage FlashSystem	Score9.6 out of 10	N/A	IBM Storage FlashSystem, an all-flash storage array, delivers ~2 PB of effective capacity per single rack unit. Engineered with unique FlashCore Modules, it offloads data services including compression, encryption, deduplication, and ransomware threat detection ensuring optimum performance and resiliency.	$14,200
Pure Storage FlashArray	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Pure Storage in Mountain View, California offers all-flash array data storage promising affordability, high availability, and consistent performance.	N/A

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IBM Storage FlashSystem

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Pricing Offerings
IBM Storage FlashSystem	Pure Storage FlashArray
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Entry-Level IBM Storage FlashSystem: For any organization looking for an all-flash array with features that are both enterprise conducive and budget friendly, the small to entry level offering prices from IBM begin at $18,400. Mid-Range IBM Storage FlashSystem: For businesses wanting to take advantage of an enterprise-quality flash array for critical workloads (such as SQL databases, SAP, ERP, CRM, etc.), list prices start at $104,600. High-Performance IBM Storage FlashSystem: Organizations seeking a storage array with the ability to run multiple instances of critical applications that are both performance intensive and capacity sensitive, can find IBM prices starting at $368,500. Contact IBM for configuration and pricing details.

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	IBM Storage FlashSystem	Pure Storage FlashArray
Considered Both Products	IBM Vishal Ranjan Senior Storage Administrator in Information Technology at Paramount (Media Production, 1001-5000 employees) Chose IBM Storage FlashSystem IBM Storage FlashSystem is a comprehensive, feature-rich solution designed to deliver a wide range of advanced capabilities such as SSO which is the key feature that we were looking for. Along with that the ease of use, easier upgrades, deduplication are few features that made … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Storage FlashSystem The PURE solution has better performance because it exclusively uses flash disks, however it ends up providing a higher cost, which in our institution's use case was an important requirement; Incentivized Helpful? Keith Thuerk Storage Engineer in Engineering at Mainline Information Systems (Information Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose IBM Storage FlashSystem Our side-by-side evaluations showed IBM Storage FlashSystem out perform the Pure Storage //FA R3 arrays. Making our selection process easy Incentivized Helpful? Aman Kumar Consultant - Infrastructure and Software Solutions in Information Technology at GBM (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees) Chose IBM Storage FlashSystem IBM Flash System is more compact, provides high performance and better serviceability than Pure Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM Storage FlashSystem Works well for the application but it requires us to add components to increase resiliency. Incentivized Helpful? Andreas Jochum System Engineer in Information Technology at SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH (Information Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose IBM Storage FlashSystem Like I already commented before. IBM Storage FlashSystems are more reliable, much easier to setup and operate and available at a much better price point as the competitor. So our experience is that the competition is going to "no bid" if IBM Storage FlashSystems are entering … Incentivized Helpful?	Pure Storage Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray We liked the licensing more with the Pure Array and its performance at the time was better than others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray Pure Storage FlashArray was selected for its ease of use. Aside from the GUI not being the most intuitive when you first get introduced to it, it holds up to that reputation. I do, however, enjoy other vendors approach to no expansion shelves. In the end, that ends up giving … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray The simplicity of management was the primary factor in the decisions. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray It's faster and more affordable. Incentivized Helpful? Karl Roth Unternehmensinhaber in Sales at IT-Systeme und Consulting GmbH (Computer Hardware, 11-50 employees) Chose Pure Storage FlashArray A lot more integrated functionalities! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray We tested Mixed Storage HDD and SSD with De and HP boxes. With HP and Lenovo Full SSD Enclosures. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray The 3D array is a big diference, the compression and deduplication are better, also the Active Cluster is included in price. The price is very competitive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pure Storage FlashArray Pure Storage was tested against 3 different arrays as we are a hospital system running EPIC we needed a system that could handle the large database load and still provide sub-millisecond latency. All systems came real close to the SLAs we were looking for, but in the end, Pure … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

IBM Storage FlashSystem

Pure Storage FlashArray

Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of IBM Storage FlashSystem and Pure Storage FlashArray
Feature	IBM Storage FlashSystem 8.5 120 Ratings	Pure Storage FlashArray 9.3 154 Ratings
Flash Array Performance	9.5117 Ratings	10.0154 Ratings
Flash Array Integration	9.3117 Ratings	9.0144 Ratings
Data Compression	8.8116 Ratings	8.0153 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades	8.6112 Ratings	10.0148 Ratings
Simplicity	7.6119 Ratings	10.0154 Ratings
Power Savings	7.0114 Ratings	9.0131 Ratings

User Ratings
	IBM Storage FlashSystem	Pure Storage FlashArray
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (131 ratings)	10.0 (207 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.4 (4 ratings)	9.1 (25 ratings)
Usability	8.8 (20 ratings)	9.1 (16 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (5 ratings)
Performance	9.4 (20 ratings)	8.8 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (4 ratings)	9.3 (75 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (3 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (2 ratings)	9.1 (6 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (3 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (5 ratings)

IBM Storage FlashSystem vs. Pure Storage FlashArray

IBM Storage FlashSystem

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