IBM hardware · Flash storage
Ransomware flagged in under a minute.* Your price in one business day.
For the teams who keep the data safe and the systems up: IBM FlashSystem, sized to your workloads by our engineering team and priced before you commit.
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Your next array can do more than store.
- It flags ransomware in under a minute.*
- It keeps snapshots nothing can change, so you have a clean copy to restore from.
- It moves your data between FlashSystem arrays with zero downtime.
The array you run today may be serving you well. This is what the next one adds.
We size it with you. You see the price first, within one business day.
Flag ransomware as it starts.
IBM says FlashSystem detects ransomware in under a minute, with AI in the array.*
Restore from a copy nothing can change.
Immutable snapshots, replication and automatic response are built in.
* IBM Research test: detection within 1 minute of encryption starting, on a FlashSystem 5200 with 6 FlashCore Modules (4.1 firmware, 8.6.3 software), a Linux host with XFS, and IBM's own ransomware simulator. IBM says a system must be compatible with those levels to get the result.
Source: IBM's FlashSystem page, modified October 6, 2026.
Three of IBM's own figures.
Move your data with zero downtime.
Between FlashSystem arrays, with your servers connected throughout. IBM guarantees it for customers in its Storage Assurance Perpetual program.
Drives rated for heavy writing.
IBM's testing puts FlashCore Module 4 drives at 5,500 write cycles, against about 1,000 for industry-standard QLC drives. IBM states the figure for the FlashSystem C300.
Source: IBM's FlashSystem page, modified October 6, 2026.
Pick the size that fits.
Five models. From 573 TBe in the FlashSystem 5000 to 11.8 PBe in one 2U FlashSystem 9600. Up to 377 PBe as a grid.
Source: IBM's FlashSystem page, modified October 6, 2026.
What you get.
If you run infrastructure.
You get a configuration sized to the workloads you run. A model that fits the rack: the FlashSystem 5600 is 1U. And a data move IBM says needs zero downtime. Our engineering team stays with you through cutover.
If you own security and compliance.
You get detection in the storage itself. IBM measured it in under a minute.* And you get snapshots nothing can change. An early warning, and a clean copy.
If you are the CIO.
You get one storage family, from the small site to the critical database. And you get the number before you commit. Pay only for what you need. See the price first, within one business day.
You have real choices. Here is each one, plainly.
Keep the array you have.
Nothing to buy. Nothing to move. What the next array adds will still be here when you are ready.
Buy from IBM itself.
IBM sells directly to fewer than about 100 companies and organizations in the United States. Everyone else buys through an IBM Business Partner. So the real choice is which partner.
Buy through another IBM Business Partner.
Same IBM product. Same IBM programs. Ask three things: who sizes it, how soon you see the price, and who is with you at cutover.
Choose a different storage platform.
It can be the right call when your team runs it everywhere. Compare three things: detection in the array, snapshots nothing can change, and a data move with zero downtime.
Move it to cloud storage.
Right for some workloads.
Buy it through us.
You get the same IBM product. And you get our engineering team: we size it with you, show you the price first, and stay with you through cutover.
IBM builds the array. We size it with you.
Our engineering team sizes the configuration with you, shows you the price before you commit, and stays through installation and support.
Pay only for what you need. See the price first, within one business day.
We have been an IBM Business Partner since 2008. We can often supply the technology around an IBM solution too. And you can meet us in person in 113 cities, by appointment.
It would be our pleasure to size yours.
How our engineering team delivers
The proof.
IBM's published results
Source: IBM's FlashSystem page, modified October 6, 2026.
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We would rather tell you now. FlashSystem is not the fit if your array is recent and under IBM support for years to come, if everything you run already lives in a public cloud, or if you need storage for AI and analytics. For that last one, ask us about Storage Scale System.
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