Become a Client
Premium Document

IBM Cloud Object Storage – Product Review

IBM Cloud Object Storage is an object storage system consisting of software delivered on individual hardware elements that can scale to exabytes of data. The architecture of Cloud Object Storage is based upon information dispersal across geographies, presenting a single, global namespace for objects. As one of the first object storage systems deployed in cloud access environments, IBM Cloud Object Storage has continued to add capabilities and additional usage cases. Announcements in July 2020 increased performance by 300%, focused on AI usage, and added direct block storage for backend.

Cloud Object Storage stores objects that have been broken into slices across dispersed elements of storage that can be local or remote. Three elements are used in the system: COS Manager to manage the system, Accesser to break data into slices and disperse slices for storage and to retrieve data and recombine for host access, and Slicestor to provide storage control for attached storage devices. The system can be delivered as individual hardware components with the software preloaded or as OVF virtual machine files for execution on standard servers. HTTP/REST is used with either a custom API or Amazon S3 API for object access. Cloud Object Storage also has an interface to HDFS for Hadoop environments and supports WebDAV.

Regulatory compliance capability was added with support for Compliance Enabled Vaults with WORM mode, retention management, audit trails, and legal hold settings, either through GUI controls or through the REST interface using S3.

Cloud Object Storage stores objects using direct block I/O. A flat architecture is used with no central database. Multiple, simultaneous reads and writes can be in progress both from the client side and with the backend storage. Metadata is appended to the object data and stored in the storage nodes. The application manages the usage of the metadata.

IBM Cloud Object Storage Product Review Includes:

Overview
Highlights
Usage
Architecture Deployment
EvaluScale Product Review Methodology
Evaluator Group’s Opinion

Download now to read the full product review!

Related to this document:
Object Storage Comparison Matrix, Object Storage EvaluScale Comparison Matrix, DataCore Swarm – Product Review

Related Research

Premium Document

Scality Artesca – Product Review

Last updated March 21, 2025. Concise 10-page overview of Scality Artesca. Includes overview, usage, EvaluScale and more. Download the full product review now!
Premium Document

Pure Storage FlashBlade – Product Review

Last updated on March 17, 2025. Concise 9-page overview of Pure Storage FlashBlade. Includes overview, usage, Futurum EvaluScale, and more. Download the full product review now!
,
Premium Document

HPE Alletra Storage MP – Product Review

Last updated February 21, 2025. Concise 7-page overview of HPE Alletra Storage MP. Includes overview, usage, Futurum EvaluScale, and more. Download the full product review now!
, ,
Return to the Research Library

Share

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Document Type:

Technology:

Date:

November 29, 2024

Log-in or Contact Us to Access

This document is available for registered members with the required access.

Welcome to The Futurum Group

Login to The Futurum Group
Login to Futurum Intelligence Platform
Login to Futurum Labs Research Library

Book a Demo

Welcome

The vision behind everything in Futurum’s Custom Research practice is this: research should show you what is happening, what comes next, and what to do about it. It should be personal to each audience, easy for people to grasp, and structured so LLMs can reason over it accurately. And it should be fast and turnkey; you want answers now, not another project to carry for quarters.

Whether you are defining business, channel, or go-to-market strategy; evaluating vendors or justifying ROI; or commissioning research to fill an emerging market need, we have your back, with a program that answers your questions with the objectivity and credibility to drive real decisions.

To do it, we bring unmatched data to bear: Futurum research, surveys, and market projections; validated market feeds; ETR’s 15 years of insight from 10,000 technology decision-makers; G2’s buyer and user data; and what our analysts hear every day. Add leading primary collection, from AI-moderated voice interviews to surveys and analyst-led interviews, all turnkey, and every project comes out credible, nuanced, and actionable.

And we don’t just drop the results in your lap. For internal work, we provide analyst-led sessions, interactive dashboards, and a range of formats. For market-facing work, Futurum delivers turnkey activation and amplification that actually gets seen, by people and by LLMs, through our media and share of voice. This is research that moves decisions and markets.

We will meet you wherever you are, from a fast-turn brief to a multi-year program, and shape the work to your goals, timeline, and budget. The right program for your moment.

If any of this is useful, I would love to talk.

Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

Connect

Newsletter Sign-up Form

Get important insights straight to your inbox, receive first looks at eBooks, exclusive event invitations, custom content, and more. We promise not to spam you or sell your name to anyone. You can always unsubscribe at any time.

All fields are required






Thank you, we received your request, a member of our team will be in contact with you.