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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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Sharing My Observations on IBM Cloud Object Storage
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 14, 2025With two years of experience in a corporate office, I have send the IBM Cloud Object Storage playing a imp role in our organization's data management policy. We use it to Arch...
Excellent cloud offering from the leader in enterprise computing
Rating: 9 out of 10
March 19, 2025Serverless architectures--especially the ability to access cloud object storage though IBM Cloud functions--provide tremendous potential for business users to rapidly prototyp...
Vishnu Devineni
Project Manager - Professional Services
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Supple Consulting
1 year of experienceObject Storage Solution in a big company.
Rating: 8 out of 10
November 30, 2024Our 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-lo...
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Director
4 years of experienceBest Secured data storage platform.
Rating: 9 out of 10
November 9, 2024My organization mostly deals with data, where we do research and provide the required information to our clients. Because of the variety of the data, we need an unstructured d...
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Analyst - Finance and Accounting
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Synergy Fintech private limited
1 year of experienceUniversity instructors can manage their data storage demands with IBM Cloud Object Storage, which provides a reliable, secure, and affordable option.
Rating: 10 out of 10
July 8, 2024Managing the massive amounts of data that educational materials and
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Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
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What is IBM Cloud Object Storage?
IBM Cloud Object Storage can be used to store practically limitless amounts of data. It is commonly used as storage for web sites and mobile applications, data archiving and backup, enterprise file services, and analytics. Flexible storage class tiers with a policy-based archive lets users manage costs while meeting data access needs. The integrated Aspera high-speed data transfer option makes it easier to transfer data to and from Cloud Object Storage, and query-in-place functionality supports running analytics directly on users' data.
Features
Storage classes. Storage class tiers are available for active (Standard), cool (Vault), cold (Cold Vault) and dynamic (Flex) data
Archive. Age-based archive policy to move objects from any storage class to long term, lower-cost storage
Resiliency options. Options include Cross Region, Regional or Single Data Center
Integrated Aspera high-speed data transfer. Datacan be transferred to and from IBM Cloud Object Storage with no cost for data ingress
Query-in-place. Analytics can run directly on data at rest using IBM SQL Query
Data durability. Designed for 99.999999999-percent data durability
Encryption. Server-side encryption with encryption keys or IBM Key Protect
Identity and Access Management. Access control uses role-based policies
IBM Cloud Object Storage Features
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features
- Supported: Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
- Supported: Dynamic scaling
- Supported: Elastic load balancing
- Supported: Monitoring tools
- Supported: Security controls
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IBM Cloud Object Storage Integrations
- IBM Storage Protect
- Komprise
- Veritas NetBackup
- IBM Analytics Engine
- IBM File Transfer Service
- CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
- IBM FileNet Content Manager
- Commvault Cloud powered by Metallic AI
- IBM Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data
- IBM Aspera on Cloud
- Nasuni
- NICE Engage Platform
- CloudBerry Explorer Pro
- DBM Cloud Systems AIRE
- Panzura CloudFS
- Rclone
- IBM Content Manager OnDemand
- NICE Actimize
IBM Cloud Object Storage Competitors
IBM Cloud Object Storage Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | Worldwide |
| Supported Languages | English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean. |
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), and Azure Blob Storage are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Object Storage.
Reviewers rate Security controls highest, with a score of 8.4.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Object Storage are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Sharing My Observations on IBM Cloud Object Storage
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 14, 2025
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2 years of experience
Excellent cloud offering from the leader in enterprise computing
Rating: 9 out of 10
March 19, 2025
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1 year of experience
Object Storage Solution in a big company.
Rating: 8 out of 10
November 30, 2024
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4 years of experience
Best Secured data storage platform.
Rating: 9 out of 10
November 09, 2024
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Verified User
1 year of experience
University instructors can manage their data storage demands with IBM Cloud Object Storage, which provides a reliable, secure, and affordable option.
Rating: 10 out of 10
July 08, 2024
MM
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Verified User
1 year of experience