IBM Uses Cleversafe To Bring Object Storage To The Cloud

Today IBM announced that it was introducing a new object-based storage services to its IBM Cloud. IBM will use technology from its recent acquisition of Cleversafe, a leading object storage company, to help customers better manage their unstructured data. IBM goes on to state that its Cloud service will provide enterprises with fast, flexible, hybrid cloud storage-as-a-service solutions while they manage this ever growing unstructured data.

Today IBM announced that it was introducing a new object-based storage services to its IBM Cloud. IBM will use technology from its recent acquisition of Cleversafe, a leading object storage company, to help customers better manage their unstructured data. IBM goes on to state that its Cloud service will provide enterprises with fast, flexible, hybrid cloud storage-as-a-service solutions while they manage this ever growing unstructured data.

Big data is becoming big business and it is only going to grow and grow. As customers look for ways to store and manage this big data one option is utilizing the cloud. In fact, IDC estimates that nearly 80% of all new cloud applications will be big data intensive. Cleversafe’s object storage enables companies to efficiently manage and storage massive amounts of unstructured data (scaling to exabytes) being generated today while meeting the demands of data-intensive workloads delivered via the cloud.

IBM will be providing organizations the choice of multiple APIs and the ability to store this unstructured data efficiently on-premise, on the IBM Cloud, or across the two in hybrid environment, with the same level of reliability and consistency of technology across all deployment models. Using Cleversafe, customers will be able to take their existing on-premises and use them with IBM Cloud Object Storage services. IBM’s new cloud object storage service will come in a variety of licensing models to make sure customers are able to meet all of their needs. These new licensing models include perpetual, subscription, or consumption.

IBM adds another layer of flexibility to its service by supporting both file and object workloads. Meaning that organizations will only need to deploy one data storage hub that supports storage needs for traditional and web-based applications. On top of that, data can be read and written using an object interface, Swift or S3, and other major interface, including NFS and SMB. Ultimately this means that more traditional applications can be integrated into IBM Cloud Object Storage services increasing the overall value.

IBM Cloud Object Storage services will be available in three configurations:

• Nearline will provide a cloud infrastructure for infrequently accessed data at a lower cost than most off-premise options. Nearline is ideal for archive, back-up, and other workloads delivered across select IBM Cloud data centers.
• Standard will provide a higher performance public cloud offering based on proven Cleversafe technology with new S3 API interfaces. This service is ideal for a wide range of high performance applications written to use the S3 object storage API.
• Dedicated will provide a single-tenant IBM Object Storage system running on dedicated servers in IBM Cloud data centers. Available as an IBM managed service or as a self-managed cloud solution, this approach will give clients access to object storage with no need for extra hardware or data center space.

Availability

IBM Cloud Object Storage services are expected to be available in the second quarter on this year.

IBM Cloud Object Storage services

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