IBM Cloud Object Storage

Score9.3 out of 10

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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.

Categories & Use Cases

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the interface to create, add and management of Storage Buckets

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Dynamic scaling
Ease of scaling up or down in response to customer needs
Category average: 8.7
Security controls
Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES
Category average: 8.6
Elastic load balancing
Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers
Category average: 8.9

Monitoring tools
Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected
Category average: 7.6
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
The service uptime as a percentage defined in the SLA
Category average: 8.4

Nikhil Sharma

Project Manager in Product Management at Lenovo (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

IBM storage manages large and growing data smoothly and also keeps data safe and available for long time.
Easy to connect with analytics and AI tools, saving a great amount of time.
Strong security with encryption and access control. Easy to adapt and learn.

Cons

Access control is strong, but setting roles and policies not very simple. Needs better guidance.
Works well with IBM tools, but connecting with some third-party apps needs extra effort.

Return on Investment

Easier to meet data retention and audit rules. Encryption and access logs helped us pass 3 internal audits smoothly. Helped with compliance.
IT team spends less time fixing storage issues. That time now goes into innovation and support, boosting overall output.
Around 15–20% reduction in storage cost after moving to IBM Cloud Object Storage, thanks to auto-tiering and pay-as-you-use model.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Other Software Used

IBM AIOps Insights, Lenovo XClarity, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service

Diego Kesselman View profile

General Manager in Engineering at ESSELWARE Soluciones, SA de CV (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We save backups for our customers with IBM Power systems using native and 3er party tools.

We have built our own tool to take backups from IBM I Operating System securily and compressing data.

Pros

Allows accelerated uploads
Checks data integrity before allowing access to the data
Provides granular security

Cons

The UI could be more easy to use

Return on Investment

Allows to avoid using physical media
Improve data migration performance

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use COS as document storage for our document management system, and it serves its purpose: it stores documents that can be retrieved at a reasonable speed and at a reasonable price.

Some time ago, we submitted a suggestion for improvement regarding the backup functions of COS. Recently, a significant improvement called “backup policies” was announced. We are very much looking forward to implementing this, as it is one of the most important issues for an application that stores files with adequate backup in accordance with GDPR regulations.

Pros

Storing documents
Price
Backup policies
Redundancy mirroring
Reliability

Cons

GDPR back up policies per default
More polished UI (no that important tough)
Easier monitoring/notifcation when the bucket quota is reached

Return on Investment

Storing files in a block storage would not be cost effective enough for us
Allowing to set quotas on bucket level, helps to control the cost
The fast deployment integrates well with our deployment process (application is ready in any minutes)

Alternatives Considered

IBM Cloud Block Storage, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Azure Blob Storage

Other Software Used

PostgreSQL, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, IBM Cloud Block Storage

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use the IBM Cloud Object Storage to store the converted Zarr files from oceanographic data to make the available for my client to access, which makes it easy for me to query and access it in time of need.

Pros

Ease of Use
Bucket management
Compatibility

Cons

Deleting large amount of data at once
More detailed error logs
Proper visibility management

Return on Investment

Time Savings
Better compatibility
Better Integration with current tooling

Other Software Used

Google Cloud Storage, GitHub, Cursor

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For product integration with Mainframe Storage, using IBM Cloud Object Storage as another storage tier for the mainframe. IBM Cloud Object Storage helps with storing backup information plus store static data for other people to use like the rest of your enterprise.

Pros

Credentials
Set up
Management

Cons

Usability
UI

Return on Investment

Low cost of storage
Ease of use
Less manual intervention

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Dynamic scaling

Security controls

Elastic load balancing

Areas for Improvement

Monitoring tools

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

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