Lumen.com Lumen Network Storage, $ 2.50/mo. on Linux Cloud

Lumen Network Storage is an enterprise storage service designed for edge and hybrid environments where applications need near-zero latency access to mission-critical datasets while retaining cloud-like flexibility and scale.

Key capabilities and how it is used:
- Storage on demand: deploy block, file, or object storage to the edge in minutes for private cloud, public cloud, or IoT/edge workloads without daily on-prem hardware management.
- Pay-as-you-go billing: capacity scales up or down as needed, aligning spend to consumption rather than fixed allocations.
- Hybrid and multi-cloud ready: designed to provide a consistent experience across Lumen Edge locations, customer premises, third-party colocations, and major public clouds.
- Performance flexibility: no long-term commitment required for capacity, speed, or performance tier; performance tiers can be changed as needs evolve.

Pricing (lowest listed rate used for Plan Price):
- Object storage: $0.025 per GB per month, with network egress at no additional cost.
- Adaptive block and file: $0.075 per GB per month plus IOPs usage.
- Listed rates are month-to-month, stated in USD, available to qualifying business customers, and exclude applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges. Availability varies by service area and credit approval and/or deposit may be required.

Security, resiliency, and data protection features:
- Encrypted storage keys and role-based access controls (RBAC) with audit logging to support governance and operational accountability.
- Point-in-time snapshots to help protect against accidental deletes and data corruption due to malware, with recovery options oriented to ransomware response workflows.
- Replication options to sync data to the closest storage node and replicate between edge locations or from a data center to the edge, supporting distributed application architectures and off-site protection strategies.

Operational experience:
- Simple portal interface to manage nodes and storage resources in a consistent way.
- Automated tiering to balance performance and cost across changing workload patterns.
- Backed by latency SLOs for workloads that require predictable response times at the edge.

Typical use cases include acquiring/analyzing/acting on data at the edge, optimizing storage costs for high-velocity or distributed datasets, supporting compliance/retention objectives, enabling application lifecycle management across environments, and acting as a storage foundation that can be paired with Lumen Data Protect for backup and recovery patterns.

Both Lumen Network Storage and Lumen Data Protect are positioned as edge compute and storage services for business customers that emphasize rapid deployment, self-service portal management, and usage-based consumption models rather than fixed-capacity contracts. Services may not be available everywhere and can vary by region and eligible service locations. Listed rates are presented as month-to-month USD pricing and generally exclude taxes and fees; additional commercial requirements such as credit approval or deposit may apply. Assistance is available through live chat, sales callback requests, and phone-based engagement for solution scoping and ordering support.