EPrints 3.x platform class
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EPrints 3.x platform class (White Rose, QUT, Southampton) Storage
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| Free tier | No quota model. EPrints has no per-user or per-collection byte accounting; the only constraints are the JavaScript max on the upload widget and Apache's LimitRequestBody. unit unlimited; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Egress | Direct, no CDN in front on the instances checked. |
| Identity | institution institution |
| Binding | none the quota is real and unreachable: identity is the binding constraint, and it is not one of the six limits kinds |
| Interface | unknown SWORD, OAI-PMH, cgi/ HTTP forms |
| Tooling | SWORD client / curl POST to cgi/ |
| Composes with | Structurally unbounded, but the write gate is deposit-medated: White Rose's own registration page tells depositors to go through their university's CRIS (Symplectic, PURE, myPublications) instead of registering. |
| Reliability | No resumable upload and no failure recovery — a >10 GB POST that drops must restart from zero. |
| Notes | No quota model. EPrints has no per-user or per-collection byte accounting; the only constraints are the JavaScript max on the upload widget and Apache's LimitRequestBody. |
| Evidence rung | reported One page read moves it to documented. |
| Checked | 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04 |
Evidence (4)
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/register | 200; 'To deposit an item you do not normally need to register here. Instead, please follow the appropriate link from the list below: University of Leeds staff via Symplectic Elements ... Sheffield ... myPublications ... York ... PURE' |
| 2026-10-21 | www.eprints.org/eptech/msg08776.html | 'We have had successful uploads of files of up to 50GB in the past' |
| 2026-10-21 | www.eprints.org/eptech/msg08775.html | 'I would normally advise against using EPrints for files larger than 10GB ... there is no in-built failure recovery' |
| 2026-10-21 | eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/register | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/register — 403 |
More fields (1)
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"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
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