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My ideas: Storage

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Synchronous mirroring over 2 locations in one IBM Cloud site for block data as a foundation for availability

Background Currently we running + 100 customers with one or several LPARS each (Power Server with IBMi). We would like to migrate to IBM Cloud. These customers run mainly their ERP system in IBMi. The ERP system acts like a business hub, with a lo...
over 3 years ago in Block Storage 1 Planned for future release

Storage area - export CSV/XLS

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

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

Disable COS Instance Deletion if it has any Buckets/Objects

Disable COS Instance Deletion if it has any Buckets/Objects. We can delete the COS Instances even if it has child resources like Buckets and Objects in it. This is really a threat to the IBM Cloud COS. If a user gains access and simply click on De...
11 months ago in Cloud Object Storage 0 Future 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

Permissions to override retention policy

If someone sets a retention policy on an object/bucket, it would be helpful for select users (e.g. the account owner) to be able to override that and delete it. It's useful to have retention policies to prevent accidentally deleting data or ransom...
over 4 years ago in Cloud Object Storage 0 Future 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

CLI should list snapshot schedules of file storages

Currently it's possible to enable and disable snapshot schedules, but not to list, hence not to check the current state of snapshot schedules: snapshot-disable Disable snapshots on the specified schedule for a given volumesnapshot-enable Enable ...
over 6 years ago in File Storage 0 Functionality already exists

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

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