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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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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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Rita Joy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
  • 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.
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.
  • The wide range of space, from the least of 25GB to that of 12000GB, makes all firms fit.
  • The close monitoring of every systems, more so on matters security and data safety.
  • Lastly, a perfect team of helpers and technicians who embrace the developer's dream for an efficient application.
  • Consistent analytical processes, without compromise or breakages, increase production efficiency.
  • Further, quality storage space, or even above 12000GB, accommodates large corporations.
  • Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage taking security precautions precisely improves the threat detection capacity.
IBM Cloud Block Storage is known for professional space control, [which] values even the large database of above 12000GB. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage co-assist with the data managing solution, more so for data mining, analytics, and sharing. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage design is friendly and competent enough for intellectual usage.
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Jude Nickson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
  • 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.
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.
  • Quick to work and connect with other IBM products, for efficient coordination.
  • Also, IBM Cloud Block Storage has enough space for every content.
  • Besides, IBM Cloud Block Storage offers the required system updates, for smooth procedures.
  • The storage expense is reduced by IBM Cloud Block Storage and made affordable.
  • IBM Cloud Block Storage controls the chances of losing any detail or database.
  • Lastly, IBM Cloud Block Storage is effective in making the required evaluations.
IBM Cloud Block Storage is extensively affordable when compared with the competing applications. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage works in different operating systems, hence, it is never discriminatory. Again, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a proper way of integrating with other applications, more so for database control and management. IBM Cloud Block Storage is clear, through its operational charter.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
  • IOPS customization
  • High availability
  • Data encryption
  • Mounting the volume is a bit complex.
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.
  • IOPS provisioning
  • Scale the storage when needed to get better performance.
  • Taking snapshot so we can do easy recovery if necessary.
  • We can choose different locations so they are closer to our consumers.
Alfonso de la Guarda Reyes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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)
  • 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
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.
  • Variable IOPS
  • Security
  • Reliability
  • Strong Technology
  • Great Support
  • We just think in fill data, not in the storage engine, that is a big plus
  • No need to worry in additional configuration for new nodes
  • Just fits all the standards
The biggest difference that I have been able to find from other services external to IBM has been the domain, experience and application of the technology at the datacenter scale that allows [us] to be quite sure that the data will be in good collection. But I insist that the most important value I have been able to find is the variable and high IOPS setting, which virtually allows you to handle large volumes, that is, big data without major problems and we walk that way.
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