Validated storage options

This topic details the storage options that are validated for each of the cloud environment providers that are supported by Guardium® Insights.

Table 1. Validated storage options
Platform	Block storage	File storage
IBM Cloud® (Classic)	`ibmc-block-gold`	`ibmc-file-gold-gid`
IBM Cloud (VPC Gen 2)	`ibmc-vpc-block-10ipos-tier` `ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
Amazon Web Services (AWS) (IaaS)	`gp2` `ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
Microsoft Azure (IaaS)	`managed-premium` `ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
Microsoft Azure ARO (managed)	`managed-premium` `ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
Google Cloud	`standard` `ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
VMware	`thin` `ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
Bare Metal	`ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd`	`ocs-storagecluster-cephfs`
IBM Spectrum Fusion Version 2.2.1 or later on OpenShift® Container Platform (OCP)	`ibm-spectrum-scale-sc`	`ibm-spectrum-scale-sc`
IBM Spectrum Scale Container Native (with IBM Spectrum Scale Container Storage Interface) Version 5.1.3.x or later and CSI Version 2.5.x or later	`ibm-spectrum-scale-sc`	`ibm-spectrum-scale-sc`

To learn more about the IBM Spectrum Fusion storage class, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/SSG4YK_2.3/sfandcloudpaks.html.

For ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd and ocs-storagecluster-cephfs, storage is provided by Openshift Data Foundation (previously OpenShift Container Storage). For this, there are additional hardware requirements, as outlined in these topics:

Important: Dynamic provisioning is required.