OVH Storage

Cloud storage portfolio covering object storage, block storage, file storage, and cold archive. Built on Ceph and OpenStack Swift, with object storage offering an S3-compatible API for unstructured data at scale, while block and file volumes serve instances and containers.

OVHcloud positions storage around data sovereignty and reversibility, with a long-standing commitment to not accessing customer data. Certified ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701, plus HDS for French healthcare data. Object storage charges only for stored capacity and retrieved data: no egress, ingress, or API call fees, unlike many hyperscale providers. Customers such as Septeo IT Solutions and Auchan Retail use it for backup migration, compliance archiving, and ransomware protection with features like multi-site replication and immutable data.

Key capabilities:

• S3-compatible object storage with Standard, Infrequent Access, Active Archive, and Cold Archive tiers, plus High Performance (NVMe) for AI and streaming
• Multi-Zone (3-AZ) and Single-Zone deployments, Local Zone for low-latency and sovereignty needs
• Block storage volumes 10 GB to 12 TB with regional replication or High Speed (20,000 IOPS), snapshots, and encryption
• File storage for managed NFS-style volumes for containers and instances
• Object Lock, versioning, lifecycle rules, replication, static website hosting, IAM, and integration with Veeam, HYCU, Cohesity NetBackup, Terraform

Backups and disaster recovery leverage tiered object storage with lifecycle policies and Cold Archive for long-term legal and audit retention. Big data and AI workloads use High Performance object storage for training data and analytics. Media delivery and log management use Standard tiers with predictable costs. Developers integrate via S3 tools, SDKs, CLI, or Terraform, with private network access for compute resources.