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My ideas: Storage

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UI options in portal - for Rename, Move files between buckets of same COS instance

I see that there is an API for COS to move objects between one bucket to another bucket of same instance. I guess it allows users to define the new file name to be used to copy to another bucket. However, when i review the similar options, we do n...
about 3 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 0 Not under consideration

Alerts for space consumed in file systems

It would be very useful to be able to receive alerts when the use of a file storage exceeds a quota set by the user. Currently you can receive alarms for Snapshots capacity, it would be equally useful to receive these types of alerts for the gener...
almost 5 years ago in File Storage 0 Not under consideration

Enabling back v2 authorisation for Object Storage... At least for a while.

Given that StrongLoop hasn't yet added openstack v3 authorisation to its loopback-component-storage, which is now mandatory for Bluemix's Object Storage, it would be nice to have still have available the v2 authorisation method. Although there ar...
over 8 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 1 Not under consideration

Storage area - export CSV/XLS

it would be utilile to implement beautiful various subsections Storage ( Block Storage / Files Storage ) implement an xls/csv export.
10 months ago in Storage 3 Not under consideration

A trashcan for COS

Fluor Corporation: Opportunity # TB-HD2S2H7 for $1.6M requires a trash can for Cloud Object Storage. The idea is to have a setting on either the cluster, Object Storage Device or Bucket level where an admin can configure a trash can duration. When...
over 6 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 1 Not under consideration

Data Retrieval Drive

A few years ago my laptop screen shattered and I had to turn in a paper that week I had saved on it for a college class. Looking around my area I found the only quick solution was a data retrieval tool at Best Buy for about $200 a pop. Instead I e...
almost 8 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 1 Not under consideration

True SAN Block Storage connected by Fiber Channel to BlueMix

Incorporate True SAN Block Storage connected by Fiber Channel (not iSCSI which has low performance and is unreliable with varying latency) for the use with virtual servers. There are APIs and automation tools already existing which could be used f...
over 8 years ago in Block Storage 0 Not under consideration

Wrong report of storage consumed on object storage detail

Wrong report of storage consumed on object storage detail
over 8 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 2 Not under consideration

Make it Easier to Use Object Store with Notebook

I've got a post on Stack Overflow explaining my difficulty in accessing the Object Store from my notebook at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37061860/cant-access-bluemix-object-store-from-my-notebook. I have not received a usable answer yet. B...
over 8 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 3 Not under consideration