IBM Cloud Object Storage System Product Guide

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IBM Cloud Object Storage System overview

This chapter provides an overview of IBM Cloud Object Storage system. It covers the following topics:

•1.1, “Introduction” on page 2

•1.2, “How IBM Cloud Object Storage system works” on page 3

•1.3, “Software-defined storage” on page 5

•1.4, “Typical workloads and use cases” on page 8

1.1 Introduction

This section provides an introduction to the IBM Cloud Object Storage (IBM COS) system.

The IBM COS system is a breakthrough cloud platform that helps solve petabyte and beyond storage challenges for enterprises ...

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