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What is IBM Cloud Object Storage?
IBM Cloud Object Storage is an IBM Cloud product in the endpoint backup and IaaS categories. It is commonly used for data archiving and backup, for web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.
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- Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (129)8.080%
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What is IBM Cloud Object Storage?
IBM Cloud Object Storage can be used to store practically limitless amounts of data. 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 manage costs while meeting data access needs. The integrated Aspera high-speed data transfer option makes it easier to transfer data to and from Cloud Object Storage, and query-in-place functionality supports running analytics directly on users' data.
Features
Storage classes. Storage class tiers are available for active (Standard), cool (Vault), cold (Cold Vault) and dynamic (Flex) data
Archive. Age-based archive policy to move objects from any storage class to long term, lower-cost storage
Resiliency options. Options include Cross Region, Regional or Single Data Center
Integrated Aspera high-speed data transfer. Datacan be transferred to and from IBM Cloud Object Storage with no cost for data ingress
Query-in-place. Analytics can run directly on data at rest using IBM SQL Query
Data durability. Designed for 99.999999999-percent data durability
Encryption. Server-side encryption with encryption keys or IBM Key Protect
Identity and Access Management. Access control uses role-based policies
IBM Cloud Object Storage Features
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features
- Supported: Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
- Supported: Dynamic scaling
- Supported: Elastic load balancing
- Supported: Monitoring tools
- Supported: Security controls
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IBM Cloud Object Storage Integrations
- IBM Storage Protect
- Komprise
- Veritas NetBackup
- IBM Analytics Engine
- IBM File Transfer Service
- CTERA Edge X Series (Cloud Storage Gateways)
- IBM FileNet Content Manager
- Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
- IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
- IBM Aspera on Cloud
- Nasuni
- NICE Engage Platform
- CloudBerry Explorer Pro
- DBM Cloud Systems AIRE
- Panzura CloudFS
- Rclone
- IBM Content Manager OnDemand
- NICE Actimize
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IBM Cloud Object Storage Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | Worldwide |
| Supported Languages | English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean. |
Frequently Asked Questions
IBM Cloud Object Storage is an IBM Cloud product in the endpoint backup and IaaS categories. It is commonly used for data archiving and backup, for web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.
Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), and Azure Blob Storage are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Object Storage.
Reviewers rate Dynamic scaling highest, with a score of 8.9.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Object Storage are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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October 31, 2023
IBM is a good venture for any company that aspire to go on upward trajectory should adopt.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It solves CRM issues; it helps with organizing the company corporate existence. It merges data management of Finance, HR, Procurement, Sales etc. enabling easier decision making by stakeholders.
- Its reliable. No flunctuations
- Clean, User-friendly interface and dashboard
- Easy to Navigate, No glitches
- There should be more option for cloud deployment most especially in hybrid options
- Analytics improvision could be improved upon
October 31, 2023
IBM object storage review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
In our BMI application, we utilize IBM Cloud Object Storage to securely store and manage user data, which includes height, weight, age, and sex. This cloud-based solution addresses key business challenges by providing scalable, reliable, and cost-effective data storage and retrieval. It ensures data accessibility for our machine learning model, enabling accurate BMI calculations. The scope of our use case revolves around maintaining privacy, data integrity, and seamless access for users, thereby enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of our application. IBM Cloud Object Storage plays a pivotal role in supporting our BMI calculation and health monitoring system.
- Scalability
- Security
- Data accessibility
- Compliance
- Cost efficiency
- User interface
- Pricing transparency
- Advanced analytics
October 24, 2023
IBM Cloud Object Storage
I effectively leverage IBM Cloud Object Storage to streamline my data management needs. Its robust features and scalability ensure seamless storage and retrieval of crucial data. The user-friendly interface simplifies the process of organizing and accessing files, while its robust security measures guarantee data integrity. IBM Cloud Object Storage has become an indispensable tool for my data storage and retrieval requirements, enhancing my workflow and data management efficiency.
- Clarity of dashboard layout (and the ability to edit the the dashboard to fit our needs) makes it easy and intuitive to use.
- Ease of navigation allows for quick selection of tasks to complete and/or manage.
- Clear and reasonable billing options for usage.
- Would like to be able to add a favorites list as a dashboard block for quick access to the most frequently managed resources (rather than searching the Resource List page).
October 06, 2023
Experience on using IBM Cloud Services
I'm developing apps for object detection using tensorflow framework.
- Storing Object Resources Charge-Free
- Machine Learning
- Image Classification
- Object Localization/Detection
- Some feature in "Computer Vision Learning Studio" is difficult or may not work at all, like for testing trained dataset/model.
- "Computer Vision Learning Studio" notebook for dataset training runs slow, also no detail/description given when notebook cell is processing.
- "Computer Vision Learning Studio" notebook needs python/tensorflow upgrade to meet current demand. From what I experienced, the notebook has python 7.x and tensorflow 1.x, which make it difficult to compare to latest version (like Python11, TF2)
August 01, 2023
Help to grow my business
My overall experience with this product has been great. Data is secure with cloud storage. It's help to manage and store data of organisation or reach to customer. It is very cost-effective, flexible, and scalable cloud storage for unstructured data. Service of IBM storage cloud is good and easy to use.
- Evaluation & Deployment
- Service and support
- Product Capability
- Interface
January 18, 2023
IBM Cloud Object Storage - A Review
I am using IBM Cloud Object Storage in my organization for data archiving and backup. The product has been great for addressing our business problem of managing large amounts of data in a cost-effective and secure manner. The scalability of the service has been particularly impressive, as we have been able to easily adjust our storage needs as our business has grown. The user interface is easy to navigate and the integration with other IBM Cloud services has been seamless. We have also been impressed with the level of customer support provided by IBM. One of the key features we use is the data archiving feature, which has been a huge benefit for us as we needed to store large amounts of data that we don't need to access frequently, but still need to keep it available in case of an audit or legal request. The scope of our use case has been primarily for data archiving and backup, but I can see how it could be used for other purposes such as large-scale data analytics. Overall, we are very satisfied with IBM Cloud Object Storage and would highly recommend it to other organizations.
- Data Archiving
- Cloud Content Distribution
- Backup and Disaster Recovery
- Large-scale Data Analytics
- Limited File Management Features
- Limited Third-Party Integrations
- Limited data deduplication
December 24, 2022
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review.
The IBM Cloud Object Storage allows me to scale the services I provide into the cloud. The cloud has allowed me to secure my data by managing certain permissions to ensure that my data is managed in a need-to-know zero-trust environment, but it also allows me to conveniently share my data and services with those I want to send them to.
- IBM's cloud dedicated hosting is particularly important for total isolation.
- The VPN allows me to have maximum flexibility.
- It improves the performance of my websites.
- It is very cost effective and we pay only for what we need or more.
- The IBM cloud object storage is very network based that it cannot achieve performance like hardware.
- Extra space do cost more when you do become ready for that expansion.
- Pulling big project data across cloud platforms slows performance.
September 15, 2022
IBM always leading!!
In our organization we have a very large amount of unstructured data, access to that information was very complicated, now with the IBM Cloud Object Storage access is very simple, we can access the information from any of our offices in the country, in addition to Search capabilities that allow us to access information more efficiently
- the simplicity of access data concurrently from any location
- Scale performance and capacity
- all the security features
- file access from file-based applications
- setting the configurations
- setting policies
August 11, 2022
IBM ROCKS
Flexible, cost-effective and scalable cloud storage for unstructured data
- scalable cloud
- cost-effective
- flexible
- transfer rate
- different workloads
- manage costs
I construct and deploy my solutions with IBM Cloud Object Storage. It is a great privilege of mine to play a role in IBM's ecosystem as a partner and business associate of the company. My IBM business is fully digitalized, and I provide my services via the cloud because of the company's innovative usage of hybrid infrastructures. Hybrid solutions help me get more done faster and bring my business up to date. IBM's user-friendly programs and top-tier answers are two of the many reasons why the company's tech is so well-liked.
- Highly dependable cloud migration services.
- The needs I have for the modernisation of my business have been met at a price I can afford.
- The establishment of a consolidated hub for the creation of designs and developments.
- Application to first-use of the system.
- It's not simple to move a lot of data across different systems.
- Configuring complex Cloud features is also challenging.
May 02, 2022
IBM Cloud Object Storage is must try product
1. We use it to store the data in different buckets and retrieve it on demand and update it.
2. External APIs put the data and keep watching for the bucket's contents if they have populated/created/ updated and remain in that state for some steady state.
3. Certain APIs upload the data into buckets which get utilized by third-party APIs.
2. External APIs put the data and keep watching for the bucket's contents if they have populated/created/ updated and remain in that state for some steady state.
3. Certain APIs upload the data into buckets which get utilized by third-party APIs.
- Atomicity
- Consistency
- Ease of handling data
- Refresh token implementation
- Bulk delete
- Bulk update using regex
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Cloud Object Storage is used to store and manage data in the cloud. The product addresses the need for reliable and scalable storage and provides a way to access data from anywhere in the world. The scope of our use case is to manage data for a large number of users and to make it available to them on demand.
- IBM Cloud Object Storage is designed to provide high durability and availability for data stored in the cloud. It does this by replicating data across multiple Availability Zones within a region, and by storing data in multiple geographic regions.
- IBM Cloud Object Storage also provides a number of features that make it well-suited for storing large amounts of data. For example, it offers infinite scalability, meaning that you can store as much data as you need without having to worry about capacity limits. It also offers a variety of data protection features, such as encryption at rest and in transit, and the ability to create snapshots of data for easy recovery in the event of data loss.
- A few areas where IBM Cloud Object Storage could improve include:
- Making it easier to manage data and permissions. It can be difficult to keep track of who has access to what data, and what they can do with it.
- Adding more features for analyzing and visualizing data. It would be helpful to be able to see more information about how data is being used and to have better tools for exploring it.
- Improving performance. Sometimes the system can be slow, particularly when dealing with large amounts of data.
- Making it easier to integrate with other systems. It can be challenging to connect IBM Cloud Object Storage to other tools and platforms.
January 28, 2022
IBM CLOUD is powerful and nice to use
We have been using Cloud IBM Storage for 1 year to back up with Veeam and among other daily uses.
The environment is safe and stable and demonstrates excellent performance.
We are satisfied with everything we have so far. We recommend to anyone who needs Storage the Cloud IBM.
- Security
- Scalability
- Performance
- Nothing to add
January 13, 2022
IBM Cloud Object Storage - Great for my organisation
We at our organization are using Cloud Object Storage for our growth as it has helped to reduce our storage costs and accelerate data transfer. Our developers are greatly benefitting from it as it has helped them to boost their productivity a lot. With IBM's Cloud Object Storage, we are easily able to increase our scalability and hence work better.
- Cost Effective
- Flexibility
- Scalability
- Can be made more developer friendly.
- Can be improved both in terms of User Interface and User experience and made more secure.
- The documentation can be made better.
[IBM Cloud Object Storage] is utilized in our
IT department, most specifically. I have found it [to be] a convenient and
advanced tool for data storage as well as for the management of the data
lifecycle. It is a solution that is great for data recovery, storage,
cost-effectiveness, and time saver. A scalable tool that has the propensity to
store massive files of petabyte data.
- IBM [Cloud Object Storage] is great for the data [storage]. Even [with] bulky files and we can [still] get access to those data files without facing any complex or perplexing situations.
- It is a scalable tool, and has made it easy for us to scale our data as the volume of our files increases.
- It is a highly protective and secure platform, and our company’s secrecy is maintained with it.
- It provides details of the usage.
- I am not content with its collaboration feature.
- Sharing data is not easy, and should be improved.
- The condition to get access to IBM cloud storage by only utilizing an IBM Cloud account is a bit unsatisfying for us.
November 30, 2021
IBM Cloud Object Storage, Fast and Flexible storage service.
Previously, we [had] servers with pre-defined configurations and resources. But when data grows, it's difficult to store and manage data, [so] we come to a solution that IBM Cloud Object Storage resolved our issue. It provides flexible services to store and maintain data with all-time availability. [No], we no need to worry about data backup and data availability for users.
- Scalability
- Durability
- High availability
- Data migration
- As of now all features are working fine, so not much except improvements in SDK
- Cost difference between multiple regions
November 30, 2021
The best data storage option!!
As we work in information technology department, there is a lot of unstructured data in our organization to manage and to store it IBM Cloud Storage helps us ease the process.
- Managing unstructured data.
- Helping us deal with lot of data with the help of multiple petabytes.
- Accessing data on the cloud becomes easy.
- Cost is one the major fields where IBM Cloud Storage can improve.
- The UI of the applied storage is a bit complex.
- Overall there are not much issues I face.
For multinational companies, we use IBM Cloud [Object] Storage for regional and cross-region cloud storage. And that with a lot of data. We ended up "trying" IBM for having servers in specific countries and we wanted to lower the transfer times of data. This with the options to make private clouds and public clouds, to make specific files accessible, on [specific] locations based on geodata.
- Security - We did many tests with many cloud solutions and IBM performed in the top options
- They have a cold vault service that is perfect for backups
- Easy to scale
- Easy to setup with multiple devices
- The speed, this was a important part, but we still have many desyncs.
- Setup with specific rules and data migrations can be a hassle.
- The UI can be daunting, it needs another look from UX perspective.
November 24, 2021
IBM Cloud Object Storage...The best for any big data corporation
With the proliferation of cloud computing, object storage is being widely adopted for the management of unstructured data, and analysts estimate that this will represent the majority of all data globally in the near future. As a researcher in machine learning, I have huge data sets I use, for example, the TUH EEG Corpus, the world’s largest
publicly available database of clinical EEG data, comprising more than 25,000
EEG records and over 14,000 patients. I use this dataset in my study.
- Affordability.
- Cloud compatibility.
- Storing and/or managing unstructured data.
- I cannot think of any area IBM cloud storage needs to improve. It is a complete service - where users can store and/or manage unstructured data, build, deploy, and AI models. Complete with videos to learn about Watson Studio.
November 23, 2021
Efficient Cloud Server and Data Storage Platform
IBM Cloud Object Storage is used across our organization in each department to store data and transfer files. It has helped us to work on our workloads and save most of our files in a safe and secure platform. We used to lose a lot of data before we deployed this platform from unnecessary circumstances but since we deployed this tool everything has been running smoothly.
- Data and files storage
- Security to our organization information
- I have not come across any potential challenge that can lead to changes.
- There is no missing functionality.
November 22, 2021
Best usage review of IBM Cloud Object Storage
We use IBM Cloud Object Storage mostly in the IT department, but the finance department also has access. We use the platform to train new employees so that they get used to cloud storage services. The main reason why we opted for IBM Cloud Object Storage is that it is easy to use, access data, scale, and backing up data is also straightforward.
- SQL Query Service is perfect
- Backup versions in the cloud are extremely valuable.
- It provides each and every using details, that is available online.
- Data Storage has a limitation of 200 MB, when uploaded trough console.
- Collaboration and sharing needs improvements
- UI needs improvements
November 04, 2021
A great service and good value for money.
I am creating my own pipeline for some bioinformatics analysis and IBM Watson studio comes in handy when I need high computing resources to train my machine learning models. There are other features of Watson studio which I am yet to explore. However, so far, I have really enjoyed using it in training my machine learning models.
- High processing power
- Support for AI/ Machine Learning
- Reasonable pricing
- Navigating the platform is cumbersome and a simplification would definitely improve user experience.
- More tutorials on its usage in the field of bioinformatics with cancer and general OMICS data analysis.
- Pricing should be reduced to make it affordable for many.
November 04, 2021
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Object Storage
I find IBM Cloud [Object] Storage as a very cost-effective solution. I would greatly recommend it to someone who is about to start their cloud journey because of its flexibility in learning and easy-to-use interface. It is highly scalable as compared to traditional storage which is there on the market and it also can store up to a large petabyte & exabytes of data. Our organization uses the IBM Watson Assistance chatbot to help our customers better guide through our website. It greatly helps by solving our real-time customer's issues with ease. A few issues we faced while running the services were adding multiple concurrent connection operations. Apart from that, it's very reliable and a great service which IBM provides.
- Cloud storage allows you to save data and files in an off-site location that you access either through the public internet or a dedicated private network connection.
- Cloud storage delivers a cost-effective, scalable alternative to storing files on on-premise hard drives or storage networks.
- Cloud storage services provide elasticity, which means you can scale capacity as your data volumes increase or dial down capacity if necessary.
- Business continuity of Storing data offsite supports business continuity in the event that a natural disaster or terrorist attack cuts access to your premises.
- Security concerns are common with cloud-based services.
- Offloading maintenance and management to a third party offers advantages but also can limit your control over your data.
- Delays in data transmission to and from the cloud can occur as a result of traffic congestion, especially when you use shared public internet connections.
- Regulatory compliance
September 22, 2021
IBM Cloud Object Storage - A swift and simple service for all your deep learning needs!
This service is being used exclusively within the Computing department at the university. It is being used as an alternative to students accessing machines in person as we have students that work remotely. This significantly reduces our outgoings on high end technology as we don't need to have 300+ machines with high end specifications.
- Runs without delay
- Processes large amounts of data quickly
- Accessible for users of different technical levels
- The UI and layout of applied storage should be simplified.
- Commercial rates should be easier to quote.
June 13, 2021
IBM Cloud Object Storage Review
I am an Independent Creative Developer. We offer Design, Development, and products. Our-end users are related with Food, music, art, design, travel, and more else.
Ok. Right now, I'm trying to automate tasks with IBM Cloud Object Storage.
Now, I am in charge of the IT migration platform for a robust and reliable company, who want to offer a flexible and scalable Cloud infrastructure. We have been getting problems with the deployment and the documentation IBM offers is interesting and easy to read, [easy to] understand syntax.
We want to migrate some projects related with K Percussion (hybrid percussion) related with E-Learning about percussion music and programming technologies to engage with end users around the world. What is our commitment? To provide an robust an responsive platform for customers, clients and stakeholders.
Ok. Right now, I'm trying to automate tasks with IBM Cloud Object Storage.
Now, I am in charge of the IT migration platform for a robust and reliable company, who want to offer a flexible and scalable Cloud infrastructure. We have been getting problems with the deployment and the documentation IBM offers is interesting and easy to read, [easy to] understand syntax.
We want to migrate some projects related with K Percussion (hybrid percussion) related with E-Learning about percussion music and programming technologies to engage with end users around the world. What is our commitment? To provide an robust an responsive platform for customers, clients and stakeholders.
- Reliability. One of the most important interests in the industry. A well performance, low latency and high flexibility for tasks, as CI/CD through pipelines. Positive
- Security. Customers needs is the reason to exist right? Privacy about their content, and how they handle it, is the entire reason the IBM offers to their customers. Positive
- Documentation. About it, it is interesting because it helps to know more about their products, knowledge. Positive
- Learning. IBM brings me continuous education and improvement. Well, I try to apply this knowledge to design user experiences or get more insights. Know applying this to the IBM Object Cloud Storage. Positive.
- No complaints about anything.