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IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

Score7 out of 10

32 Reviews and Ratings

What is IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)?

IBM Storwize is a family of recognized all-flash and hybrid storage solutions designed to support the virtualization needs and application workloads of mid-sized enterprises.

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IBM Storwize Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Storwize we used in our DR site for AIX and Linux environments servers to maintain the data. IBM Storwize provides an easy user interface and many other key features like disk provision, updates, data security, etc which help to manage this storage in a smooth way.

Pros

  • IBM Storwize provides a simple way to do the Disk provision and map to Unix servers.
  • IBM Storwize provides the security and enough storage space for user data.
  • IBM Storwize provides the fast data IO processing speed.

Cons

  • Some time we don't get the error Monitoring alerts.
  • This storage is not really capable to manage our critical server data.

Most Important Features

  • IBM Storwize provides the good data backup solution.
  • Affordable storage and its easy to manage by all type of company.
  • It provides the Quick Hardware issue alert and solution.
  • It provides the better data stability and reliable storage.

Return on Investment

  • Storage prices are much attractive and which is manageable by all organization.
  • IBM Storwize provides the good backup solution with rich storage capacity.
  • Easy to set up and configuration and GUI Interface are much simpler to operate in daily operation.

Alternatives Considered

IBM FlashSystem

IBM Storewize- Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Storewize is used in our business to store and manage heavy data and applications. This system is very fast and has a good efficiency in this system used in our organization for AI and hybrid cloud storage. This product has many features such as it is scalable and can easily access the data at a lower cost. So this is best for our organization.

Pros

  • Data accessibility is good
  • Provide Security to our data
  • Storage is enough

Cons

  • Need some Improvisation in data backup facility
  • Not always but sometime might be problem in disk scanning

Most Important Features

  • Best solution for AI and hybrid cloud
  • Cost effective
  • Scalability is this product

Return on Investment

  • Excellent performance
  • Configuration is best
  • Quick resolution to issues

Alternatives Considered

IBM FlashSystem

Affordable Storage

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Storwize was used to maintain the application data backup and disk allocation in AIX servers environments. We have resolved our data backup problems in our testing and development environments.

Pros

  • IBM Storwize is easy to set up and configure. This storage provides lots of easy features to use in daily operations like interface, disk provision, data backup and restore, etc.
  • Stability with dual controller

Cons

  • We faced few issues with vendor support when we faced one major issue with this storage

Most Important Features

  • Storage capacity
  • This storage provide the good SAN connectivity with every operating system

Return on Investment

  • IBM Storwize is a bit cheaper than other storage devices, so all organizations easily can afford it
  • Easy to setup and configure in data center
  • Storage capacity is good

Alternatives Considered

Dell EMC Unity

IBM Storwize - Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using IBM Storwize for on-premise solution, Cloud, VMware and IBM i-series. We are also using this product for backup as well as.

This system provides high available data storage.

Pros

  • High Availability
  • Backup solution
  • Easy to setup and configuration
  • Redundant controllers

Cons

  • some time face the issue with disk scaning
  • We also face some issue with backend support during the major issue

Most Important Features

  • High Data Availability
  • Easy to use the GUI Interface
  • Self Monitoring and reporting

Return on Investment

  • Product price are good
  • Easy to use the GUI Interface
  • Easily we can setup and configure
  • Data Reduction

Alternatives Considered

Dell EMC Unity and IBM FlashSystem

IBM Storwize - Cost Effective

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the IBM Storwize in our projects and company for backups and other small medium database and other normal transactions.

It has great capacity.

Pros

  • Easy to expand
  • Redundant controllers
  • High Capacity
  • Good for Backup

Cons

  • Dashboard should be more improve
  • alerts and monitoring
  • Real time compression should be more improve

Most Important Features

  • Redundant controller
  • High Capacity
  • Good for Backup and other small database
  • Connectivity are very good

Return on Investment

  • Cost effective
  • Easy to use
  • Redundant controller

Alternatives Considered

IBM FlashSystem