Object Storage Classes

Companies are increasingly building data lakes to centralise and analyse large volumes of structured and unstructured data. Object Storage Standard provides a reliable foundation for analytical workloads by offering scalable storage for regularly queried or processed datasets.

Organisations can store and analyse their data efficiently for reporting, business intelligence, and data-driven decision-making, without over-provisioning or worrying about hidden costs.

Many organisations rely on Object Storage to support production workloads, such as web applications, APIs, or backend services. OVHcloud Object Storage Standard offers consistent performance and high availability for data frequently accessed by internal and customer-facing applications.

This class is ideal for storing application assets, user-generated content, and operational data. And it all comes with predictable performance and transparent pricing.

Many businesses maintain active backups that are regularly accessed for restore testing, recovery operations, or short-term retention. Object Storage Standard provides the performance and availability needed for backup data that needs to be accessed quickly.

This use case is particularly suited for operational recovery scenarios where quick access to data is essential, while keeping costs under control and storage management simple.

Data pipelines and analytical workloads often require fast access to large datasets for real-time processing. High Performance Object Storage guarantees ultra-fast read/write operations for training machine learning models, batch processing, or real-time analytics.

This storage class is ideal for organisations that need to process data frequently and efficiently.

Organisations running latency-sensitive applications or high transaction volume workloads need storage that can respond instantly. OVHcloud High Performance, available in 1-AZ deployment on SSD, offers low-latency and high-throughput access for applications such as financial transactions, e-commerce platforms, or high-speed APIs.

This class is ideal for workloads where every millisecond counts, ensuring fast and predictable performance at a transparent cost.

High-traffic applications – such as media streaming, SaaS platforms, or content delivery systems – require frequent access to data with minimal latency. High Performance, in 1-AZ mode on SSD, allows for quick access to these resources, enhancing user experience and application responsiveness.

This class is ideal for performance-critical workloads, where speed is paramount.

Many organisations generate regular backups and keep them for operational or compliance reasons, but these are rarely accessed. The Infrequent Access class is ideal for storing these backups at a lower cost while ensuring that the data remains quickly accessible in the event that it needs to be restored.

This approach allows for reduced storage costs without compromising on reliability. This makes it a perfect solution for backup retention, restoration tests, and operational continuity needs.

Companies often retain significant volumes of historical data, such as logs, reports, or transactional data, which are only consulted occasionally but must remain accessible. OVHcloud Infrequent Access class offers a cost-effective storage solution for this data, combining lower costs with on-demand access.

This approach allows organisations to optimise their long-term storage expenses while retaining access to valuable data for audits, analysis, or business decisions.

Research organisations generate, analyse and archive massive volumes of data, ranging from genomics and scientific simulations to datasets used for training machine learning models. Although this information is rarely accessed, it must remain immediately available when needed.

Active Archive offers an affordable solution for long-term data preservation with instant access, without the need to manage complex on-premises infrastructure or to over-provision storage capacity. Organisations benefit from durable, scalable, and predictably-priced storage, allowing them to quickly access archived datasets whenever research or analysis requires it.

Healthcare facilities and hospital systems must retain petabytes of patient data for several decades to meet regulatory and medical requirements. While most of this data is rarely accessed, certain datasets, such as medical imaging or genomics, must remain immediately accessible.

OVHcloud Active Archive allows healthcare providers to store patient data over the long term with instant access, combining durable archiving and quick availability when necessary for diagnosis, research, or patient care. This approach delivers regulatory compliance, performance, cost management, and total control of your data residency.

Many organisations operating in regulated sectors, such as financial services, healthcare, or the public sector, must retain regulatory and compliance data over long periods of time. Object Storage, combined with the Object Lock feature, lets you apply immutability and retention policies to meet regulatory and governance requirements.

Whether these regulations are imposed by compliance frameworks or internal policies, data such as financial statements, tax documents, HR records, or email archives can be securely stored for several years, or even indefinitely, thanks to OVHcloud’s storage classes. This approach ensures long-term data integrity, while providing you with complete control over data residency, access, and costs.

As part of their long-term backup strategies, organisations often retain large volumes of data for many years on expensive on-premises systems. Cold Archive offers a cost-effective alternative for long-term backup retention, significantly reducing costs while ensuring data durability.

Backup data is stored securely and can be restored at any time for disaster recovery, auditing, or historical restoration needs. It comes with predictable pricing and total control over data localisation.

Media assets and audiovisual content, such as video files, rushes, or journalistic archives, require maximum durability and can reach petabyte levels of volume over time. Although only a portion of this content is actively used, a large majority must be retained for future reuse, compliance requirements, or for its historical significance.

Cold Archive allows organisations to store large media archives at the lowest possible storage cost, ideal for content that does not require immediate access. Data is securely preserved for the long term and can be restored when necessary for reprocessing, remastering, or historical access. Pricing remains predictable, and you get full control over the location of your data.