IBM Cloud Object Storage

Score7.1 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.

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Screenshot of Cloud Object Storage set up

Screenshot of the Access Management interface

Screenshot of the interface to create, add and management of Storage Buckets

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Screenshot of Cloud Object Storage set up

Elastic load balancing
Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers
Category average: 8.5
Security controls
Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES
Category average: 8.1
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
The service uptime as a percentage defined in the SLA
Category average: 8.6

Dynamic scaling
Ease of scaling up or down in response to customer needs
Category average: 8.1
Monitoring tools
Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected
Category average: 7.8

Most Frequent Users

Top 3 industries using IBM Cloud Object Storage.

Based on HG Insights installation data

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

34.1%

44 installations of 129

#2 most frequent

Information

11.6%

15 installations of 129

#3 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

10.9%

14 installations of 129

Nikhil Sharma

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

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)

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 Information Technology (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used IBM COS, for my internal organisaation projects. In which I have used COS very often in building the real projects by intergrating with wx.ai . I have also used COS in storing the project files of various file types. The COS I used once for deploying a static html file for a quick showcase to the team manager within short period of deployment time.

Pros

Hosting Static html websites
For storing the essential file types such as pdf's, excel sheets. Very much appreciated to accept other programmetical files such as ipynb, py etc

Cons

It is Good to include the hosting of Dynamic websites

Return on Investment

time savings from automating manual data processing
Securing of Files

Alternatives Considered

IBM watsonx.ai, IBM watsonx.data, IBM watsonx Orchestrate and IBM Cloud Code Engine

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Code Engine, IBM watsonx Orchestrate, IBM watsonx.ai

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Corporate (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used IBM Cloud Object Storage to store all of the data from the actual production, including videos, images, and various types of sensing data from equipment in the actual factory in Thailand.We deployed over 100 cameras and sensors in the factory, storing the data in IBM Cloud Object Storage via the internet, and allowing the results to be retrieved and accessed from anywhere in the world.The biggest challenge is how to create a scalable system at a reasonable cost, since the data volume will be small in the initial stage and we know that the data volume will continue to increase every month. in the end, the data volume was about 150TB, but the cost did not hit our business operations.

Pros

cost performance
simple and easy to use
secure as usual

Cons

It would be useful if the data hierarchy could be made a little deeper.
performance of data deletion
undo or cancelation for data deletion

Return on Investment

It would be useful if the directory structure was more complex.
A tool that makes it easy to see the contents of your data

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud Storage, Azure Data Box and AWS Data Exchange

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure IoT Hub

Google Cloud Storage

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Azure Blob Storage

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