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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Media

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

24.0%

47 installations of 196

#2 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

14.8%

29 installations of 196

#3 most frequent

Manufacturing

11.7%

23 installations of 196

Bhawani Shankar Satapathy

AIX Administrator in Information Technology at DXC Technology Pvt Ltd (10,001+ employees employees)

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

Mushtaqu Khan

Regional Business Manager in Professional Services at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd (5001-10,000 employees employees)

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

Utkarsh Khandelwal

System Administrator in Information Technology at Jaquar & Company Pvt Ltd (1001-5000 employees employees)

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

Srishti Shukla

Territory Business Manager in Information Technology at Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd (1001-5000 employees employees)

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

Debopriya Bhattacharya

AIX Administrator in Information Technology at Kyndryl Solution Pvt Ltd (10,001+ employees employees)

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

HPE Nimble Storage

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Dell PowerScale

Dell Unity XT Unified Storage

IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

What is IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)?

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Media

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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Finance and Insurance

Manufacturing

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