Object Storage Solution in a big company.
November 30, 2024

Object Storage Solution in a big company.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Object Storage

Our organization primarily uses IBM Cloud Object Storage to complement our extensive use of IBM Cloud Block Storage, which is heavily utilized for virtual machines and high-load Oracle and TSM databases. IBM Cloud Object Storage addresses several critical business problems and enhances our data management strategy. The main scope of our Object Storage is to allocate data from web applications and IKS clusters.

Pros

  • IBM Cloud Object Storage is an excellent choice for disaster recovery and backup solutions. Its high durability and geographic redundancy ensure that our backup data is safe and can be quickly restored in case of a disaster. This capability is crucial for maintaining our business continuity and minimizing downtime. We have deployed our loads in an IKS cluster distributed in 3 different AZs with stateful data allocated in COS.
  • We have a video streaming application and need to store and deliver a vast library of video content to millions of users worldwide, so we store our data in COS, which is cheap and reliable.
  • We have a bunch of data that must be analyzed and stored in datasets for fraud detection, risk management, and customer insights. In these cases, this data is moved from Onprem to IBM Cloud so we can use cheap storage like COS.

Cons

  • Object Storage is not as fast as other Storage Solutions.
  • There is no backup option in Object Storage, only a snapshot.
  • Monitoring can be improved by, for instance, adding more granularity when you consult data occupancy.
  • In our company, we moved from on-premise to IBM cloud, our ElasticSearch Solution storage in block storage to an ICD elastic search solution with Object storage, and we reduced our cost by more than 45%.
  • Object Storage is a managed service, so you can have savings in your storage-managed team.
  • We have improved our data availability because the Regional solution of COS is distributed in three different Availability Zones.

Do you think IBM Cloud Object Storage delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cloud Object Storage's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cloud Object Storage live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Cloud Object Storage go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Cloud Object Storage again?

Yes

Well-suited: Big data applications with much data at a reduced cost. Stateful data in web applications Volatile and nonproduction data Less appropriate: Applications where you need a fast data response. Core aplications like databases o bussines aplications.

IBM Cloud Object Storage Feature Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
8.2
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
9
Dynamic scaling
8
Elastic load balancing
9
Monitoring tools
7
Security controls
8

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