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IBM Cloud Object Storage was recommended to me by my supervisor as a solution to satisfy my higher process power needs. As a part of my research project, I have been developing a real-time climate data tracker database and analyzer. The weather data for one place is millions of lines of data as the sensors record data per second. Therefore, I need bigger storage, a faster connection, and good processing power. IBM is the best solution for my needs so far.
- Fast connection speed
- Strong infrastructure
- Strong process power
- Scalable for needs
- Affordable
- Hard to learn at the beginning.
- Lack of language support.
March 17, 2020
Great for production and research
I use this at my college to store data since our Google Drive has become full. I also tell others to switch to IBM data on cloud since there are many tools to do privacy selection and security locks within certain geography.
I have been to many IBM seminars in the past, the data access is fast and storage is of large quantities. Access is restricted as per our needs and I collaborate in using this service with other research scholars to share docs and do app developments. I have been an ardent user of Fedora Scientific and doing things with Adruino microcontrollers.
I have been to many IBM seminars in the past, the data access is fast and storage is of large quantities. Access is restricted as per our needs and I collaborate in using this service with other research scholars to share docs and do app developments. I have been an ardent user of Fedora Scientific and doing things with Adruino microcontrollers.
- Speed of storage and access of data.
- Security restrictions with limited geographical accesses.
- Upgrade of storage spaces.
- Premium services to manipulate accesses and collaboration for VPNs.
- Basically stores any format of data.
- User interfaces on dashboards.
- Linking to Facebook, LinkedIn, and other contact lists.
- Search engines.
March 14, 2020
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
Overall, IBM Cloud Object Storage is a good option to go for, as it is implemented with S3 APIs. I have solved problems related to downloading users' demand files directly to Object Storage. However, there are some improvements that need to be done in IBM COS like folders. IBM COS does not give you the ability to create folders in a bucket. Although it is not a big problem, it would provide more convenience.
- Greate user experience. Easy to learn and implement through well developed WebApp.
- Archive policy will help to reduce storage cost.
- Free 25GB storage in the lite plan will give a chance to anyone to get started with it and learn.
- Folders feature is missing in a bucket. It will help to organize files of a particular project in a single bucket.
March 11, 2020
Research and computing on one place!
- IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) is used by myself in our organization as a part of my research. It has been seven months since I come across the IBM Cloud Object Storage, and I loved it. I keep my experimental data on IBM servers safely, and I can access it from anywhere. Also, I run my calculation codes and data analysis codes on IBM servers. Thus, I have a remote research machine that is reliable and accessible from anywhere.
- My personal computer and work computers are also connected to IBM Cloud Objective Storage, which allows me to backup both my personal and research data. Knowing that my files are safe and secure is precious.
- Managing different types of digital belongings (such as data, backups, codes, results) from one place makes my job easier.
- Secure
- Reliable
- Fast
- Easy to learn
- Easy to manage
- Scalable
- Availability
- Cost effective
- Lack of servers on some regions of the world, they can expand their servers
- EU support desk availability times are limited
It is currently being used by the whole organisation to backup data from Office 365 to address the compliance and security issues around Office 365 data. We currently utilise Veeam to facilitate the backups and IBM Cloud Object Storage to store the encrypted data from Exchange Online, Sharepoint and OneDrive for Business.
- Ease of Use
- Compatibility
- Price
- Haven't found any yet.
March 03, 2020
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
We have been using IBM Cloud Object Storage since 2019. Overall, it fits very well for the needs of my department: it is quick, easy to use, and easy for first-time users. Creating object storage instantly is the best feature, literally, it takes 10 seconds. The user interface is easy to use and easy to learn. I have a stable and robust parallel file system thanks to IBM. The support desk is so helpful. When I am in need of help, I can reach them quickly. Their response times are satisfying my needs. Lastly, it is secure. I know my data is in the hands of a trusted company, IBM.
- Secure, stable, and robust parallel file system
- Easy integration to various tools
- Connection speed, high bandwidth
- None
- None
- None
October 30, 2019
IBM Cloud Object Storage Reviewed by Destiny Corporation
IBM Cloud Object Storage is used in our organization and for our clients. For example, for claims analysis in insurance, it is used to help identify and classify claims allowing clients to make a decision to pay out benefits or deploy an adjuster. This helps clients save money through this early classification process.
- Identify the level of damage in an automobile claim.
- Classify the mood of customers through a modified facial recognition.
- Tracking individuals in public spaces, understanding the traffic patterns of venue attendees.
- While this platform has been around, it does take some getting used. The interface could be refined. My Firefox Browser automatically closed when selecting some options and creating new objects as an example.
- The tutorials are a bit outdated in comparison to the screens shown. We understand the system is constantly improving. The tutorials should reflect the changes in the interface.
- There are many pre-trained models. However, it is not clear as to how those models were trained, what bias may exist in the training data, and how a user could improve those models unless we simply have to build our own.
January 22, 2020
Offers Exceptional Understanding and Flexibility for Managing the Object Data Lifecycle
As a researcher, developer, and product manager IBM Cloud Storage allows me to focus my time on the specific problem I am solving for, rather than tie up my time with administering storage devices/capacity. IBM Cloud Storage is simple to use. Storage capacity is available within minutes.
- Data stored with IBM is protected and secured.
- In active dev/QA/prod environments, storage can be utilized for archiving and backups.
- When integrated into product (web/mobile app) architecture, it can assure scalable, persistent storage.
- Although navigation/usage is "simple" on the surface, one does need a solid technical understanding of how to implement and maintain cloud storage as it applies to the problem(s) one is solving.
- I think IBM could better promote its capabilities by offering more real-world architectural and implementation examples of how ICOS would fit in a typical enterprise application requiring different retrieval strategies regarding visual analytics over time; merging current data with legacy object data.
December 16, 2019
Scalable Cloud Storage At Affordable Prices.
It is being used by our hosting department, which I oversee, to backup data from our main servers and primary backup storage servers. It allows us to ensure that all customers' data, and other particulars are kept in a safe, off-server "holding area". This also allows us to make changes to our primary backup servers without worry that we will lose any files.
- Allows for safe off-server storage methods
- Very easy setup with Linux OS
- More documentation
- Bring in a script to automatically do the setup
December 09, 2019
IBM Cloud Storage is working amazing for us!
We just began to use IBM Cloud Object Storage. We are testing hosting internal files on IBM to serve files in regions for quicker resolve/page speed. We plan to test different regions and to observe if having an authority like IBM serve files to website visitors seems to have a positive impact on search engine results.
- UI
- UX
- Initial Setup
- Explanation videos for each section offered
March 26, 2020
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
I'm using IBM Cloud Object Storage for a machine learning exercise for real-time object detection.
- Create associated JSON data for Machine Learning annotations
- Data Storage
- Data Analysis
- Currently have no suggestions
March 23, 2020
Excellent Cloud Object Storage
I use it to store images that users upload for selling items for estate sales auctions. It is being used by the whole organization. It allows me to store lots of images quickly and efficiently.
- Good integration with Akamai CDN.
- Fast.
- Reliable.
- N/A
November 17, 2019
IBM for Clinical Support Used Daily
I am using a cloud storage solution to build object detection machine learning models to use in applications for slide analysis for pathology. I would like to highlight cells and get their count, mean cell volume, and any shape discrepancies and use augmented reality to project the findings onto the slide in real time to enhance the performance of the pathologist.
- Machine Learning and cloud based HIPPA compliant storage solutions for back end data support for mobile and web based applications
- IBM does offer fast machine learning interfaces for natural language processing which I will be using for a chronic cough project.
- Better help functions or API support, sometimes the documentation is a little hard to follow.
- Better GUI for machine learning construction, Python can be a bit heavy to run and use and command line interfaces are tough when you want feedback to how something is processing.
- Whole slide analysis from the developer program had some problems retrieving the correct version of sci-kit so I was unable to finish the example project to build a web server of tiled images from an SVS whole slide image for analysis. Did not see a help button but would love to have help to finish.
November 14, 2019
Smart application with best cloud service.
I'm working on an Optical Character Recognition problem for one of the NIST's public safety projects. I have been using the IBM Cloud services, like Object Storage, Spark and Watson NLU. I have used Cloud Object Storage to store the input image files and output text files.
My team is also using Cloud Object Storage for hosting the application's data. We are using the Watson API's to connect it with Jupyter Notebook for building the OCR model that could extract the text data from an input image file. The data that we are working on is license plate information that we are trying to extract the state, car number, etc. from. We are integrating the OCR application with a hands-free virtual assistant to build a robust product that would help first responders to do their job efficiently and easily without using hands (Hands-Free Device Control using Virtual Assistants).
My team is also using Cloud Object Storage for hosting the application's data. We are using the Watson API's to connect it with Jupyter Notebook for building the OCR model that could extract the text data from an input image file. The data that we are working on is license plate information that we are trying to extract the state, car number, etc. from. We are integrating the OCR application with a hands-free virtual assistant to build a robust product that would help first responders to do their job efficiently and easily without using hands (Hands-Free Device Control using Virtual Assistants).
- Data is stored as a different object
- Application can be scaled
- Reliability and accessibility
- It is not CJIS compliant
- It is sometimes slow due to IO traffic
- Since it's public cloud storage, security and privacy is a concern
IBM Cloud Object Storage is used for two purposes:
- It is used for nightly backups of 2 Windows 2016 Servers.
- It is used for nightly backups of Network Area Storage.
It uses IBM Cloud Objects Storage and the problem that it addresses is the quick recovery in the event of an onsite disaster that cannot be addressed locally
- Onsite servers back up quickly to the cloud.
- There is no complex cost structure. Costs are simple to figure out. Unlike some other Cloud Storage Services that I evaluated there were Technical Sales reps available by a chat with quick and complete answers.
- The online sales rep provided me his direct number and when we came across a challenge while setting up API Keys he searched for a tech in the cloud backup group while still on the call to help me through it.
- Once you go through the implementation process things are easy to find but I would have like to see a cheat sheet with step by step instructions on how to register then where to go from there. Creating the Account > Creating your object storage > Creating your bucket > generating API Keys.
February 27, 2020
IBM Cloud Storage for NFP Training
I'm considering using IBM Cloud Object Storage to host the backend files behind our microlearning suite MTSGrow.
- Scalability
- Security
- Tutorial for smaller users
October 15, 2019
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
I am using it for Object-oriented storage.
- Object-oriented storage.
- The number of storage options is more than other providers.
- Free storage during the testing trial allows you to test out the options.
- In multi-region, only a few options are available.
December 19, 2019
Best service ever except for developing and SDK for PHP users.
It is really nice, but I just hope that in the future there will be PHP SDK too.
- Data Backups
- Backup Retrievals
- Provision of PHP SDK
- Provision of HTTP API Access
We are using Cloud Object Storage to store images derived by our Conv Neural Nets at various in-the-field locations. These are later used to retrain our models, so they are valuable to us. Our organisation is quite small so it is used by all colleagues, for all clients who are using these particular products.
- Easy to set up.
- Direct connection to other services such as ML.
- We have not experienced this yet.
December 04, 2019
IBM COS is a nice product/service!
Cloud Object Storage is being used across the organisation. It solves the problem of data resiliency and availability for large amounts of archive data.
- Accessors - docker deployment, VM deployment, hardware deployment (flexibility).
- Data protection - erasure coding + IDA.
- Performance.
- No idea
I am using the IBM Cloud Object Storage to store the HTML files while I am learning the Python programming language online through the Coursera platform.
- Cost-effective geo-dispersed data protection.
- Data tagging with IBM Spectrum Discover.
- Engineered for massive scalability.
- Need to lower the cost still.
November 20, 2019
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
The whole organization uses it. We use it to store casual and critical data. We also sometimes upload our saved meetings, calendars, and reports to be available for all employees. It is useful as it facilitates sharing some data with other businesses we work with. The most important thing we can use this data for is exploratory analysis and data visualization without downloading it. We take the results to create insightful reports and sometimes use AI functions.
- Easy sharing
- Database analysis without downloading files or using any API
- High levels of security
- Simplification of the interface
- Renaming some features to be more easily understood, as some words are very ambiguous
November 14, 2019
IBM Cloud Object Storage Benefits
We are focused on providing policy admin solutions for insurance companies around the world. I am using IBM Cloud Object Storage first to learn how it works and how it can be best implemented for our customers.
- Flexibility to create very easy object storage
- Pay only for what you use
- Redundancy in different storage locations
- There are some regulations that do not allow us to store personal information outside of the country. I would like to have the possibility to store the information in a cloud where their infrastructure is inside Mexico
Used in moving custom files for data science exploration in collaboration with Watson Studio.
- Very fast
- Easy to use
- Cheap
- Connections are bit difficult to configure.
- Security is difficult understand.
- Providing access is a difficulty.
November 11, 2019
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
When I tried to use other storage providers I saw that they had very low TPU and speed. IBM Cloud Object Storage is the best storage I've had the opportunity to use.
- High speed.
- Easy to use.
- Very extendable with other sources.
- 25GB/Month storage isn't enough sometimes.
IBM Cloud Object Storage Scorecard Summary
Feature Scorecard Summary
About IBM Cloud Object Storage
IBM Cloud Object Storage makes it possible to store practically limitless amounts of data, simply and cost effectively. It is commonly used as storage for web sites and mobile applications, data archiving and backup, enterprise file services, and analytics. Flexible storage class tiers with a policy-based archive lets users effectively manage costs while meeting data access needs. The integrated Aspera high-speed data transfer option makes it easy to transfer data to and from Cloud Object Storage, and query-in-place functionality supports running analytics directly on users' data.
Features
Storage classes. Effectively manage costs while meeting data access needs. Storage class tiers are available for active (Standard), cool (Vault), cold (Cold Vault) and dynamic (Flex) data
Archive. Apply an age-based archive policy to move objects from any storage class to long term, lower-cost storage
Resiliency options. Meet availability and resiliency needs. Options include Cross Region, Regional or Single Data Center
Integrated Aspera high-speed data transfer. Quickly transfer data to and from IBM Cloud Object Storage with no cost for data ingress
Query-in-place. Run analytics directly on data at rest using IBM SQL Query
Data durability. Designed for 99.999999999-percent data durability
Encryption. Leverage server-side encryption. Optionally manage encryption keys or use IBM Key Protect
Identity and Access Management. Manage access control using role-based policies
IBM Cloud Object Storage Screenshots
IBM Cloud Object Storage Video
Object storage enables you to store large amounts of data in a highly scalable manner. Whether you have a server, web application, or a back-up requirement, you can easily store your data with object storage using REST APIs.
IBM Cloud Object Storage Integrations
IBM Spectrum Protect, Komprise, Veritas NetBackup, IBM Analytics Engine, IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, CTERA, IBM FileNet, Cloudberry Explorer Pro, CommVault Simpana, DBM Cloud Aire, Watson Studio (formerly IBM Data Science Experience), IBM Content Manager OnDemand, IBM Aspera, Nasuni Filer, NICE Trading Recording, NICE Engage, Panzura Filer, Rclone, Storage Made Easy
IBM Cloud Object Storage Competitors
Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
Pricing
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Has featureFree or Freemium Version Available?Yes
- Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
- Entry-level set up fee?No
| Edition | Pricing Details | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Lite Plan | Free | Up to 25 GB/mo. For all terms go to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage |
| Standard Plan | There is no minimum fee, pay only for what you use | For pricing and all terms go to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage |
The Lite and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on your choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.
IBM Cloud Object Storage Support Options
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| Video Tutorials / Webinar |
IBM Cloud Object Storage Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems: | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application: | No |
| Supported Countries: | Worldwide |
| Supported Languages: | English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean. |