IBM’s Cloud Object Storage (COS) runs on-premises and in the IBM Cloud. Spectrum Scale is best suited for commercial HPC and analytics, while COS is used for archive and private cloud storage.

The Armonk, N.Y-based company’s Spectrum Scale is a file system product that runs on-premises and in public clouds, while IBM’s Cloud Object Storage (COS) offering runs on-premises and in the ...

We look at storage supplier offerings available in the big three public clouds, their pros and cons, and key use cases.