IBM Cloud File Storage Alternatives (January 2026)

IBM Cloud File Storage is flash-backed, durable and fast NFS-based cloud data storage on IBM Cloud.

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IBM Cloud Block Storage
https://www.ib
.com/products/block-storage/

IBM Cloud Block Storage is a high-performance cloud data storage service on IBM Cloud.

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IBM Cloud Object Storage
https://www.ib
.com/products/cloud-object-storage/

IBM Cloud Object Storage is a scalable and resilient managed data service on IBM Cloud, offering an alternative to block and file storage.

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IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks
https://www.ib
.com/products/storage-suite-for-ibm-cloud-paks/

IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks delivers secure persistent storage resources for your Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift container environments.

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File Storage | Oracle
https://www.oracl
.com/cloud/storage/file-storage/

Easily move and store files within the cloud and automatically scale growth up to 8 Exabytes, eliminating the need to provision capacity in advance.

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Storage FlashSystem and All-Flash Array Solutions | IBM
https://www.ib
.com/flashsystem/

Get market-leading performance, efficiency and cyber resilience while streamlining complexity across all environments with the IBM Storage FlashSystem platform family.

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Persistent Disk: durable block storage | Google Cloud
https://cloud.googl
.com/persistent-disk/

Persistent Disk is Google’s local durable storage service, fully integrated with Google Cloud products, Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine.

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Block Storage | Oracle Cloud
https://www.oracl
.com/cloud/storage/block-volumes/

Store application data on durable, high-performance block volumes where data stored is persistent meaning volumes can be connected, detached and moved as needed, even beyond the lifespan of the current compute instance.

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ZFS Storage Appliance | Oracle
https://www.oracl
.com/storage/nas/

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS9-2 simplifies IT environments and lowers customer costs with high-performance unified storage capabilities and Oracle Database optimizations.

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Azure Files - Managed File Shares and Storage | Microsoft Azure
https://azure.microsof
.com/en-us/products/storage/files/

Try Azure File Storage for managed file shares that use standard SMB 3.0 protocol. Share data with on-premises and cloud servers, integrate with apps, and more.