IBM Cloud Object Storage

Score7.1 out of 10

550 Reviews and Ratings

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: 8.2
Monitoring tools
Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected
Category average: 7.9

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

Menka Sharma View profile

Administrative Assistant in Information Technology at Gray hat PVT Ltd (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My overall experience with this product has been great. Data is secure with cloud storage. It's help to manage and store data of organisation or reach to customer. It is very cost-effective, flexible, and scalable cloud storage for unstructured data. Service of IBM storage cloud is good and easy to use.

Pros

Evaluation & Deployment
Service and support
Product Capability
Backup and disaster Recovery
Content delivery

Cons

Interface
Simpler Integration with Third-Party Identity Providers

Return on Investment

We reach to our customers and now we get more customers
Great for increasing our sell

Alternatives Considered

AWS App Mesh

Other Software Used

ACES (Automated Compliance and Evaluation System) Web Audit Technology

Usability

Jayant Kaduskar

CTO in Corporate at Biz4Solutions Private Limited (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud Object Storage is mainly used to store client data objects for analysis, because it's been helpful for both small testing projects and large-scale storage needs.

Pros

the 25GB free storage is generous and great for testing or small-scale use
IBM provides different storage classes like Active, Smart Tier, Cool and Cold Vault, which makes it flexible based on what I need
migration was fast and smooth and their support desk really helped during the process

Cons

pricing is a little expensive
the data transfer speed is not that fast and I feel it should be improved
it can be a bit complicated to start

Return on Investment

i feel confident storing sensitive data because of its strong protection against deletion and modification
the 10TB capacity meets all our storage needs and leaves room to grow
being able to share and store documents across devices and teams makes day to day work smoother

Other Software Used

Microsoft Azure, Vasion Print, IBM Verify

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

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Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

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Dynamic scaling

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