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IBM Cloud Block Storage

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What is IBM Cloud Block Storage?

IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.

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What is IBM Cloud Block Storage?

IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.

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What is IBM Cloud Block Storage?

Block storage, sometimes referred to as block-level storage, is a technology that is used to store data files on Storage Area Networks (SANs) or cloud-based storage environments. Block storage breaks up data into blocks and then stores those blocks as separate pieces, each with a unique identifier. The SAN places those blocks of data wherever it is most efficient. Block storage also decouples data from user environments, allowing that data to be spread across multiple environments. This creates multiple paths to the data and allows the user to retrieve it quickly.

IBM Cloud Block Storage is designed to help partners, enterprises, and organizations with their block storage needs, offering flash-backed, local disk performance with SAN persistence and durability, customizable IOPs, and predictable billing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.

Google Cloud Persistent Disk and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Block Storage.

The most common users of IBM Cloud Block Storage are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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February 21, 2023

IBM Cloud Block Storage Review

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have used IBM Cloud Block Storage for personal use, sorting personal files including documents, pictures and videos.
Pros and Cons
  • Persistant Storage
  • Available Storage
  • Scalability
  • User interface could be more clear
  • Ocasional connectivity issue
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage would be appropriate for persistent storage of vasts amounts of data that either are yet to be determined how to process or are part of a defined data flow that doesn't require real-time analytics. That is any data lake solution is well suited for the IBM Cloud Block Storage. For big data analytics, IBM data warehouse would be a better alternative.
January 02, 2023

IBM Cloud Block Storage is an Effective Cloud Platform for Storage Systems Management.

Diana Dumpsey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diana Dumpsey
PPC Manager
Backfield Digital (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The most responsive Cloud platform with great stability and flexible features and even its data protection through Cloud service is incredible. IBM Cloud Block Storage helps on effective management of various Cloud data storage platforms and the data processing functions are excellent and great access control capability and the real time data reporting ability is nice.
Pros and Cons
  • Simple on big data handling.
  • Creating report is faster.
  • Providing accurate analytics is very simple.
  • Data connectivity is excellent.
  • Multiple Cloud data storage platform management.
  • Setting the Cloud functions when new to the system.
  • Integrating the product with multiple Cloud tools.
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage is very great help on Cloud data storage, capacity planning and also migration of huge project data through the entire Cloud service. To create clean data reports and sharing across multiple project Engineers is very simple and quick. Its Cloud services monitoring and Automation functions are very effective and perfect for data quality management.
December 18, 2021

Amazing storage tool and cloud server management software

Veronica Larson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Veronica Larson
Business Analyst
Liberty Latin America (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We rely on this platform to store our data and manage all information that takes place across our teams. It provides high-performing servers that interlink our organization network with our cloud servers. The product provides us with customizable storage disks that can store different volumes of workloads according to the required demands. I am able to set up passwords on my data under the disks to ensure no unauthorized access.
Pros and Cons
  • Provision of different data storage platforms.
  • Management of cloud storage servers.
  • I have not identified any room that requires improvement.
  • I have not experienced any missing functionality.
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage platform is a very powerful tool that has served our organization effectively since we deployed it. It has a strong networking capacity between our cloud servers and company applications. It transfers data securely to our cloud storage disks with high speed and our teams can access that data when the demand arises. Implementation of our programs and the performance of our applications is managed and controlled by a powerful cloud networking system.
December 16, 2021

Accurate, Secure, and Determined Storage Platform for Businesses.

Rita Joy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rita Joy
Information Specialist
ASE Consulting (Management Consulting, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cloud Block Storage is a diverse space platform, with extensive procedures that oversee the security of every content. Besides, IBM Cloud Block Storage has both the minimal and the maximum space, for optimal services to the users. For instance, IBM Cloud Block Storage has a lower space of 25GB and an extra of up to 12000GB. Again, there is the competent analytical solution, that determines the operational capacity of a company, and the direction that the firm takes.
Pros and Cons
  • Proficient scaling and system customization, which allows editing.
  • Wide range of system storage, ranging from 25GB to 12000GB.
  • Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage deploys the most technical and efficient security measures.
  • Lacks a software for mobile devices, which have many clients.
  • IBM Cloud Block Storage also has some technicality, and they demand some ICT basics.
  • However, the performance of IBM Cloud Block Storage is rational and outstanding.
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage is a competent and accommodating cloud solution, which allows either large or small databases to have an actual storage avenue. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage detailed and complex data (content) get better solutions from IBM Cloud Block Storage as it has been fine-tuned and well designed. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage ensures the performance of either processing or even data backup is quality and nothing that hinders its proficiency. Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage is a world-class storage platform, with standard mechanisms that have defined working plans.
December 09, 2021

Executive, Friendly, and Commited Solution

Jude Nickson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jude Nickson
ICT Manager
U.S. Bank (Banking, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cloud Block Storage is the program that has deployed advanced technology in controlling the storage process, by use of SANs and other [cloud-based] procedures. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage enhances the sharing of data between the various nodes, which makes the working coordination in a company straightforward and efficient.Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage has a real time security methods, that keep users satisfied and safe from malware challenges.
Pros and Cons
  • IBM Cloud Block Storage conducts an automated backup efficiently.
  • The deployment of the security measures is perfect.
  • The sharing of data, more so with the various nodes is effective.
  • The documentation requires updates and be more clear for understanding.
  • The cost of IBM Cloud Block Storage requires revision.
  • Volume mounting takes some time or energy.
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage is recommendable to companies that [have a database that] is super sensitive, private, and requires instant access. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a coordinated system, that [classifies] data, based on the requirements that a company has. The security deployment from IBM Cloud Block Storage is another merit that [businesses] attain.
September 17, 2021

IBM Cloud Block Storage is the best static storage solution to use with IBM Cloud

Ramindu Deshapriya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ramindu Deshapriya
Lead Consultant - Technology
Virtusa (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cloud Block Storage alongside our IBM Cloud implementations as the storage medium for static files on the cloud. It is used to serve static assets such as images and asset bundles for applications. In some cases it is used to serve static websites running only JavaScript, CSS and HTML (e.g. React and Angular applications). Being able to have cheap static storage on the IBM Cloud enables our organization to store objects effectively and provide granular access.
Pros and Cons
  • Cheap cloud storage
  • API access
  • Integration with application deployment pipelines
  • More options for stale object offloading
  • Granular access controls to object prefixes
  • Object lifecycle management
Likelihood to Recommend
If you're deploying applications to the IBM Cloud and if your organization or project is primarily using IBM Cloud, IBM Cloud Block Storage is the best static asset solution for you. The ability to automate workflows related to objects, simple storage mechanisms and the myriad of IBM Cloud service integrations makes it the strongest contender for static object storage on IBM Cloud.
August 31, 2021

Good cloud storage with flexible IOPS

Verified User
Manager in Engineering
Consumer Electronics Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cloud Block Storage is being used by a department to store the telemetry data from many devices. Since the telemetry data is produced at a fast pace, it requires good performance and high IOPS for the storage. IBM Cloud Block Storage offers the capability to customize IOPS on the fly, that makes it a good choice.
Pros and Cons
  • IOPS customization
  • High availability
  • Data encryption
  • Mounting the volume is a bit complex.
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage is well suited for storing data with high IOPS requirements, as it can go up to 48000 IOPS by increasing capacity. As it is raw storage like hard disks, which means it can be used by both virtual machines and containers. The data encryption feature also ensures the security of the stored data.
August 10, 2021

Our review for using IBM Cloud Block Storage as a backup storage

Verified User
Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
At DRUNDO we use it for backup storage for our MSSQL servers and IBM Cloud VM full backups.
Pros and Cons
  • Meets the advertised IOPS/GB performance
  • Easy to order
  • Easy to set up
  • In the past we had issues with increasing snapshot size
  • Had issues with increasing the storage size
Likelihood to Recommend
Good for backup storage. Does not meet performance stability requirements for Database data storage.
July 31, 2021

The value of the IBM Block Storage for Aputek

Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
Aputek (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use block storage throughout our infrastructure to reliably ensure data sharing between the various nodes of our cluster as well as the containers that run within it. That allows us to dynamically scale services that will share common data with the security that they will have of the data they need in real time. In our experience using the service, even with auto snapshots we have not had the need to make use of that since our downtime has been almost equal to 0% (moreover, I do not remember if there was ever a problem and for us that is critical)
Pros and Cons
  • Correct efficiency for the use of ISCSI
  • Perform hot backups efficiently
  • Manages a variable IOPS ratio for various needs
  • The documentation must be clearer and updated, thinking about each distribution that they offer in the cloud
  • Downtime when IOPS are raised can be less
  • The configuration can be more automated from the same control panel and not have to take it so much to the CLI
Likelihood to Recommend
The service in general is great because on the backend. IBM offers experience and knowledge in the use of data center technologies undeniably. I recommend it for almost any situation but particularly for databases and especially large ones. That possibility of adjusting IOPS dynamically to levels that other data centers do not offer makes it unique. I don't recommend using the service if you don't have an infrastructure expert who knows about servers, Linux, and storage because a lot of the configuration and settings require an expert hand.
July 21, 2021

Cheap and easy to use Block Storage managed on IBM Cloud

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Research & Development
Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cloud Block Storage is used as the block storage for all Kubernetes and Openshift clusters used across the company and for customer projects.
It solves the problem of having a trusted Storage as a service, easily integrated with other assets and services deployed on IBM Cloud, and used to solve various business problems and challenges.
Pros and Cons
  • Easy to provision
  • Quick to integrate
  • Cheap
  • Time for deployment
  • Separated billing
  • Documentation to be simplified
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage is well suited in scenarios where there is a need for the equivalent of shared block storage, as for deploying and using Kubernetes and Openshift platforms.
Each piece of Block storage is used on a 1:1 basis as a Persistent Volume for Kubernetes, and it allows high scalability and flexibility.

On the other hand, for software development or higher-level usage, IBM Cloud Object Storage would be a better fit.
July 18, 2021

IBM Cloud Block Storage: Solid, Flexible Storage For A Reasonable Price

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Internet Company, 11-50 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cloud Block Storage to back our entire VMware Infrastructure. This supports our entire global footprint, and the whole organization. It enables us to flexibly grow without any CapEx, and without worrying about firmware updates, failed disks, or any of the typical problems associated with managing your own storage.
Pros and Cons
  • Reliability
  • Scalability
  • No maintenance
  • No large capital expenditure
  • Higher Capacities
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM Cloud Block Storage is a great generalized storage system, and can fit most business requirements, from small and slow to large and fast and points in-between.
July 15, 2021

Efficient Storage Solution by IBM Cloud Block Storage

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
IBM Cloud Block Storage is being used by several applications across various departments within IT. We have a wide range of use cases requiring fast and efficient compute solutions and IBM Cloud Block Storage has delivered on our requirements.
Pros and Cons
  • Efficient solution for data transfers
  • Reasonably priced compute solution
  • Easy to provision and maintain
  • The default naming is not easy to remember
  • It would be nice to see which resource groups they are associated to
  • Dashboard has very minimal details
Likelihood to Recommend
It is a reliable solution for applications involving large amounts of data transfers in a fast and efficient way. It is also reasonably priced in comparison to competitors in the market, making it a budget friendly, reliable pick among compute solutions.
July 15, 2021

Good, well priced product providing the scalability we need

CP
Charlie Pusey
Technical Operations Manager
Sunrise Software Ltd (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is used as a repository for our encrypted backup of all business critical information stored within IBM Cloud. It allows for easy growth and has a pricing scale to match our requirements. It was (and needed to be) easy to deploy and link to.
Pros
  • Great pricing structure that scales based on what you need to use it for
  • Very easy to deploy
  • Very easy to link into existing IBM set up
  • Good, easy to follow documentation
Likelihood to Recommend
Perfect as a backup storage location, and might be used for archive file storage in the future.
July 05, 2021

Robust and flexible storage

NS
Nobuyuki Suzuki
CAA (Chief Applications Architect)
F-TECH INC. (Automotive, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been used IBM Cloud Block Storage as Teamcenter Vault area.
Teamcenter is a common base for making a product development through global sites.
Pros and Cons
  • Reliability. There is no problem even once for 6 years.
  • Robustness.
  • Flexibility.
  • Improved cost performance
  • Proposal of optimal IOPS
  • Performance Improvement
Likelihood to Recommend
Suitable example: For global using
Not Suitable example: Like using on premise
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