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One documented US storage-box migration with TB-scale accounts moved by batched rsync. Crypto payments are explicitly non-refundable (7-day money-back applies to card/PayPal only).","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://hostbrr.com/storageboxes.html","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Storage 1 TB from €2.50/mo', capacity ladder 500GB/1TB/2TB/4TB/8TB/16TB, 'Bandwidth 2.5 TB' on the 500 GB model, RAID-60 + NVMe cache, 10 Gbps, DirectAdmin"},{"url":"https://hostbrr.com/storagebox-vs-hetzner-vs-s3.html","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"(published 2026-07-06) — ladder: 1 TB €2.50 (€2.50/TB), 2 TB €4.50 (€2.25), 4 TB €8.50 (€2.13), 8 TB €16.50 (€2.06), 16 TB €32.00 (€2.00)"},{"url":"https://my.hostbrr.com/order/config/index/storagebox/?group_id=63&pricing_id=1071&currency=EUR","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"500 GB billed €7.00 per YEAR (≈€1.17/TB/mo), confirming the annual price is real and not a teaser"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/205842/can-a-let-be-cheaper-than-cloud-storage","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'€57/year with the recurring coupon BFBOX (40% off), StorageBox 4 TB, 20 TB bandwidth, Falkenstein'"},{"url":"https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/208387/hostbrr-reliable-and-steady","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"12-month customer verdict"}],"verdict":"fails-quota","verified_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"16 TB €32.00 ÷ 16 = €2.00/TB/mo ≈$2.32 (best tier). 8 TB €2.06 · 4 TB €2.13 · 2 TB €2.25 · 1 TB €2.50 · 500 GB €1.17/TB only when billed annually. Beats Hetzner BX41 on €/TB but gives 80 TB transfer instead of unlimited — the trade is explicit.","notes":"500 GB – 16 TB","extras":{"dead_end":{"failure_class":"egress","why":"No root. Bandwidth ratio 5:1 — at 10 TB stored you get 50 TB/mo, enough for 30 TB serving but with a hard edge. Coupon BFBOX (40% recurring) is widely cited on LET and moves the effective price materially; the list price is what is recorded below.","retry_when":null,"first_recorded":"2026-10-21"},"price_verbatim":"16 TB €32.00 ÷ 16 = €2.00/TB/mo ≈$2.32 (best tier). 8 TB €2.06 · 4 TB €2.13 · 2 TB €2.25 · 1 TB €2.50 · 500 GB €1.17/TB only when billed annually. 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