Cloud Block Storage: Key Benefits And Use Cases
ComputerWeekly, Friday, September 12th, 2025
We look at block storage in the cloud, why you might want to use it, its key benefits, how it fits with on-premise storage, and the main block storage offers from the cloud providers
Cloud block storage allows organisations to run applications that depend on high throughput and low latency in the cloud. The latest block storage offerings make use of the cloud's advantages, without sacrificing performance.
Such offerings allow customers to run applications in the cloud and use block storage there, such as proof-of-concept projects before they're rolled out on-premise. But they also allow customers to use the same kind of storage in the cloud as they do on-prem so they can easily burst to the cloud in times of high demand.