DANS Data Stations

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DANS Data Stations (ssh.datastations.nl / DataverseNL) Storage

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Free tier	9.3 GB maximum per file, no per-dataset or per-collection quota configured. Dutch national repository (KNAW/NWO); deposit is free for researchers at Dutch institutions and for EASY-migrated data. unit GB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	9.3 GB maximum per file (9300000000 bytes)
Retention	not stated
Egress	Free, unmetered; Dataverse-native presigned S3 redirect for public files. No egress pricing.
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: sitory (KNAW/NWO); deposit is free for researchers at Dutch institutions and for EASY-migrated data. Tightly coupled to Dutch institutional eligibility, so account supply is the limit rath
Limits	per-object-cap 9.3 GB per file source 9.3 GB per file; UI upload must finish within 1.5 h; 2,000 files max inside a zip; 1,000 files per UI batch; 100-minute session timeout. Access is gated on affiliation in practice (DANS is for Dutch-institution research).
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, ssh rest
Tooling	Full Dataverse REST API (probe: GET https://ssh.datastations.nl/api/info/version -> 200; DataverseNL -> '6.10.1 DANS-DataStation-PATCH-9'), SWORD v2, OAI-PMH.
Composes with	9.3 GB/file x unlimited files per dataset x unlimited datasets. No enforced collection quota on either :root or the SSH station: GET /api/dataverses/root/storage/quota?showInherited=true -> 'No quota defined'. 2,200 files = 20 TB.
Reliability	Tightly coupled to Dutch institutional eligibility, so account supply is the limit rather than bytes; otherwise a mature Dataverse instance with no storage cliff.
Notes	9.3 GB maximum per file, no per-dataset or per-collection quota configured. Dutch national repository (KNAW/NWO); deposit is free for researchers at Dutch institutions and for EASY-migrated data.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-object-cap 9.3 GB

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	support.dans.knaw.nl/en/support/solutions/articles/800009696	'Yes, a file can be 9,3 GB max. But you can upload as many files as you want to a dataset.'
2026-10-21	support.dans.knaw.nl/en/support/solutions/articles/800010223	(28/03/2024) — 9.3 GB/file, 2000 files per zip, 1.5 h UI timeout
2026-10-21	dataverse.nl/api/dataverses/root/storage/quota?showInherited	probe: GET -> 'No quota defined for this collection'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "9.3 GB maximum per file, no per-dataset or per-collection quota configured. Dutch national repository (KNAW/NWO); deposit is free for researchers at Dutch institutions and for EASY-migrated data.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (5)

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