Why Syscomm chose IBM FlashSystem
Before ever recommending it to a customer, Syscomm deployed IBM FlashSystem across its six data centres in the UK.
Syscomm’s SAS-based SAN had been hitting its limits in terms of capacity, performance, and the security posture it could support with scalability.
Having led ransomware recovery for over 200 organisations, Syscomm also knew what a storage failure looks like in the real world: backups targeted first, weeks of downtime, and disaster recovery plans that collapse in the first half hour.
With this knowledge, and after evaluating the full market, Syscomm committed to IBM FlashSystem as its primary storage platform across its data centres.
Selecting FlashSystem for its architecture, Syscomm also invested in its own infrastructure so that they and the organisations they serve aren’t exposed to cost trajectories they can’t control. That infrastructure is live and running production workloads today.
What sets IBM FlashSystem apart
- Intelligence in the drive. Every flash drive carries its own compute. IBM’s AI runs at disk level; it is not bolted on as software. Each drive you add increases capacity and intelligence. The system gets smarter as it scales.
- Ransomware detection in 60 seconds. Anomalous I/O detected at drive level within a minute. Before it spreads. Before anyone notices. In most cases that we’ve recovered, the entire SAN was encrypted before detection. This changes that.
- Dual-administrator controls. Destructive storage actions require two authorised administrators. Two fingers on the trigger before data can be removed. Most platforms don’t offer this.
- Immutable snapshots. Recovery points no one can delete, not admins, not compromised accounts. Snapshots run every 15 minutes as one of five backup layers.
It was these reasons, among others, that led Syscomm to choose IBM FlashSystem, as Chris Tyler, the company’s Director, explains below.
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