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Whatbox — H3-22 Storage
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| Free tier | 3.9 / 5.9 / 9.9 / 15.8 / 21.7 TB HDD unit TB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | 21.7TB: $64 -> $2.95/TB/mo. 15.8TB: $50 -> $3.16/TB. 9.9TB: $36 -> $3.64/TB. 3.9TB: $15 -> $3.85/TB |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Egress | Download (ingress to slot) unlimited. Upload (egress from slot) metered 10 TB on H3-4 up to 40 TB on H3-22. FAQ verbatim: "We will limit your upload speed to 100 Megabits per second until your next billing cycle" on overage. |
| Identity | email email |
| Limits |
Upload byte cap; over-cap = 100 Mbps throttle, not a bill |
| Binding | per-ip-shaping one stream is shaped, and a user's throughput is the shaped rate times the number of streams |
| Interface | sftp, ftp, rsync, rclone SFTP/FTP, 40 Gbps shared, Plex |
| Tooling | rclone/rsync over SFTP |
| Composes with | Good archive target, poor fetch target: the capped direction is exactly the serving direction |
| Reliability | Running since 2008; SG/NL/US locations. The 'unlimited' in marketing is about download only — the trap for a serving workload. |
| Notes | 3.9 / 5.9 / 9.9 / 15.8 / 21.7 TB HDD |
| Evidence rung | reported One page read moves it to documented. |
| Checked | 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04 |
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Evidence (2)
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | whatbox.ca/plans | full ladder read: $15/3.90TB, $22/5.90TB, $36/9.90TB, $50/15.80TB, $64/21.70TB with 10/15/20/30/40 TB upload |
| 2026-10-21 | whatbox.ca/faq | overage throttle to 100 Megabits + 'Downloading files to your slot's hard drive is completely unlimited' |
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