Borealis

borealisdata.ca · Storage · 1 record · JSON

Borealis (Canadian Dataverse Repository, University of Toronto / Scholars Portal) Storage

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borealisdata.ca · academic repository / Dataverse 6.8.4-SP · storage/borealis · JSON · compare

Free tier	No quota object. Not a policy number either — nothing published. 24,727 datasets across 1,858 collections, all unmetered by the platform. unit unlimited; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Cloudflare-fronted; answered the version API in 0.77 s, the fastest of the six majors tested.
Identity	email email
Binding	none the quota is real and unreachable: identity is the binding constraint, and it is not one of the six limits kinds
Interface	rest REST (native Dataverse API v1), SWORD
Tooling	curl against /api/; same client code as Harvard
Composes with	Best combination found in this slot: no quota object AND a working native email signup AND the largest live dataset base outside Harvard. A single account is not byte-bounded by any number the service can report.
Reliability	Scheduled upgrade to 6.12.1 with 7h downtime announced on the signup page itself — reads may be affected during maintenance windows.
Notes	No quota object. Not a policy number either — nothing published. 24,727 datasets across 1,858 collections, all unmetered by the platform.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (5)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	borealisdata.ca/api/info/version	{"status":"OK","data":{"version":"v6.8.4-SP","build":null}}
2026-10-21	borealisdata.ca/api/dataverses/:root/storage/quota?showInher	{"status":"OK","data":{"message":"No quota defined for this collection"}}
2026-10-21	borealisdata.ca/dataverseuser.xhtml?editMode=CREATE	HTTP 200, form served; fields dataverseUserForm:accountInfoView:{email,affiliation,userName,password}; none carry a required or aria-required attribute
2026-10-21	borealisdata.ca/technology/	'Users who wish to create collections and/or datasets and upload data and metadata must have a user acco...' (account required, no affiliation stated)
2026-10-21	borealisdata.ca/api/search?q=*&type=dataset&per_page=1	24,727 datasets; type=dataverse — 1,858

More fields (1)

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 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "egress",
  "why": "No quota object. Not a policy number either — nothing published. 24,727 datasets across 1,858 collections, all unmetered by the platform.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted