IBM Cloud Object Storage

Store data in any format, anywhere, with scalability, resilience and security

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IBM Cloud® Object Storage is a highly scalable and resilient managed data service on IBM Cloud, offering an alternative to block and file storage.

IBM Cloud® Object Storage offers flexible scalability with 14 9’s data durability. By applying immutable retention polices that cannot be removed even by a bad actor with root credentials, it helps safeguard your data from tampering or manipulation by ransomware attacks, and helps customers meet compliance and business requirements. With patented SecureSlice™ erasure-coded resiliency, you can disperse encrypted data across multiple geographic locations with immediate data consistency, avoiding replication lag and additional costs.

Choose from flexible, low-cost storage tiers to meet your specific data storage needs. Leverage a variety of options to access your data, including the industry standard S3 API, SDKs (software development kits) or the IBM Cloud user interface.

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Save USD 500 with a promotional credit for new users.

Use cases
Benefits Optimize storage costs and data usage

Choose from a range of flexible storage tiers for hot to cold data, including Smart Tier, to meet your dynamic or unpredictable data storage needs while benefiting from cost-efficiency and resource optimization.

Enhance global availability and resiliency

Choose the resiliency option for the ideal location and level of availability you need, including cross-regional data protection with immediate consistency. Designed for 99.999999999999% data durability.

Boost security and data protection

Enhance data security with role-based policies and access permissions, and harness the power of industry-leading encryption key management for granular control and authority.

Customer feedback
The combination of IBM Cloud bare metal servers and IBM Cloud Object Storage has contributed to a 35% reduction in our operational spend—helping us keep the cost of our service competitive while protecting our margins. Vinu Varghese, CSO/CTO Acrometis, LLC
Case studies BlueBee
Learn why a Dutch genomics solutions company uses IBM Cloud Object Storage for scalable storage capacity with Aspera to accelerate data transfer.
BASE Media Cloud
See how the managed cloud services company powers a global media distribution portal and centralized storage hub using IBM Cloud, IBM Aspera and IBM Cloud Object technology.
Features Central service for AI and data lakes

IBM Cloud Object Storage provides an ideal low-cost data store for AI workloads. Accelerate data analysis with  IBM Cloud Data Engine.

Query data in place
Immutable data retention

Preserve electronic records and  data integrity throughout the entire retention period and until legal requirements for removal are met. Ideal for both compliance requirements and against ransomware.

Meet retention requirements
Object versioning

Activate versioning to maintain multiple iterations of an object within a bucket, shielding against inadvertent deletions or alterations. Effortlessly recover from any unintended data loss.

See how to version objects
Data replication

Replicate your object data across customized cloud regions to meet specifc disaster recovery, data sovereignty or compliance requirements, or stage data closer to where it's consumed.

Replicate your enterprise data
Fast data transfer

Improve transfer times into IBM Cloud Object Storage with the natively integrated IBM Aspera® high-speed data transfer option. Get started with a free data upload today.

Quickly transfer your data
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USD 500 credit for all new IBM Cloud Object Storage users

Create a new account today and receive a promotional credit.

  1. Create or log in to an IBM Cloud Paygo, Subscription account.

  2. Within IBM Cloud console click  “Manage”  then  “Billing & Usage”  from the drop-down list.

  3. Select  “Promotions and Credits” from the navigation bar on the left.

  4. Click  “Apply a promo code.”

  5. Enter  Promo Code SECURECS, click  “verify”  and then  “apply.”

Once the credit has been successfully applied, you can review your credit balance at any time by following steps 2-3.

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