Keep 64 to 308 terabytes on a machine of your own.
A storage server is a full dedicated machine built around its disks, and every terabyte in it belongs to your work. A person takes one out of the rack and builds it to your order, so the machine that arrives holds exactly what you asked for and answers only to you.
- From 64 TB to 308 TB of disk in a single machine
- Reading your data back is free, every time
- Full root access and the same panel as every dedicated server
- One price, locked for the lifetime of your subscription
- ShelfUS$115a month
- TrenchUS$640a month
- AbyssUS$1,200a month
64terabytes of disk
Every square is four terabytes of disk, and every one of them is yours to fill.
- 64 GB of memory
- Traffic in and out is included
- Full root access and the panel
Room for the work that keeps growing.
Whatever you are holding, it sits on disks that are yours alone, and you can pull any of it back as often as you like, free every time.
- Backups and archivesHold every nightly backup and every archived year in one place, and restore any of it whenever you want. A full restore costs you exactly what a quiet month costs.
- Video, photography and audioKeep whole libraries of finished work and the raw footage behind it, and pull a project back down the moment a client asks for it again.
- Datasets and training dataPark terabytes of training data on a machine you control and read it back as many times as your work needs, on your own root account and your own layout.
- Records you have to keepHold years of logs, invoices and case files on hardware nobody else shares, and decide for yourself how it is stored and who is allowed to reach it.
Pick how much you want to keep.
The difference between them is how much they hold. The same disks, the same network and the same panel under every one. Take a machine as it comes, or set the switch to Managed and our engineers run the operating system for you.
Shelf
- 64 TB of disk
- 64 GB memory
- Reading your data back is free
- Full root access and the panel
Trench
- 176 TB of disk
- 128 GB memory
- Reading your data back is free
- Full root access and the panel
Abyss
- 308 TB of disk
- 256 GB memory
- Reading your data back is free
- Full root access and the panel
A one-time setup fee is charged when your machine is first prepared, and it is itemised in full before you pay.
One price, and it stays there. Clause 7.5 of our Terms locks the fee you sign up at for as long as your subscription runs.
A dedicated server, built around its disks.
This is the same bare metal every dedicated server on our estate is, with the same root access and the same panel. The disks are simply what it is built for.
- Full root access, and the hardware under it
- Power it on, off or through a hard cycle from the panel
- Three rescue systems, each with a password for the session
- A firewall in front of the machine, coming in and going out
- Reverse DNS on every routed address you hold
- A reinstall from the panel, behind your own server number
Hand the operating system to our engineers.
Every machine on this page can be ordered managed instead, from US$260 a month. Same disks, same root access, same panel, with the packages, the updates and the daily upkeep on us.
- Pick your machineThe machines above run from 64 TB to 308 TB. Managed and unmanaged are the same hardware, so choose on the capacity you need.
- Set the switch to ManagedThe switch sits at the top of the machines above. Every card then shows what that machine costs with our engineers on it.
- Press Get StartedThe button on that card opens signup with the managed machine already in your order, at the price on the card.
Root stays yours on a managed machine, and so do the power controls, the rescue systems, the firewall and the reinstall. Managed adds our engineers on top of everything you already have.
What you get when you rent a machine full of disks.
A storage server is one physical computer in our data centre whose job is to hold your data and hand it straight back to you. Here is what that buys you.
- The disks are yours aloneEvery terabyte in the machine belongs to your work, and nothing else is sharing the drives or the network with you. What the machine can hold, it holds for you.
- Reading it back is freeEvery gigabyte you read back is free, however many you take and however often you take them, so a full restore of everything costs exactly what a quiet month costs. The panel graphs the volume for your own interest.
- It is a real server, not a folderYou get the root account, so you choose how the data is stored, which software serves it and who is allowed to reach it. Keep a second machine beside it and you can mirror one to the other yourself.
Good questions, answered.
- What does it cost to read my data back?
- Reading is free, however many gigabytes you take and however often you take them. A full restore of everything you hold costs exactly what a quiet month costs, and the panel graphs the volume for your own interest.
- How much can I keep on one?
- The machines run from 64 TB to 308 TB, and every card above shows exactly what that machine holds. That is the disk in the box, and all of it is yours. Take more than one machine and the capacity adds up.
- Can I get more room later?
- Yes. Order another machine and set it beside the first, and the capacity adds up across the two. Plenty of people start with the capacity this year needs and add the next machine when the work grows into it.
- How long does it take to arrive?
- A person takes a machine out of the rack and prepares it for you by hand. The panel shows which of the five stages your order is on the whole way through, and an email arrives the moment it is ready to log in to.
- How do I keep a second copy?
- Every machine comes with root access and its own addresses, so pairing two storage servers and mirroring one to the other is straightforward, and it is what we would do with anything irreplaceable.
Room for all of it, and the door stays open.
Fill a machine with backups, footage or years of records, and pull any of it back whenever you want, for free.
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