# Storage Slice

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## Storage Slice

A storageslice is a unit of ZDB storage as can be used as backend for Zero-Stor (our quantum safe storage system).

The default cloudslice has:

- 100GB of storage

## Storage Hour (SH)

A storagehour is like a kwatth unit for electricty, it represents a storageslice being used for 1h and billed as such.

INCA Hosts (our cloud providers) can price the StorageHour themselves in a chosen currency.

## Storage Slice Properties

The service provider (hoster) defines the following properties per StorageSlice:

- Min size in GB (100GB+), max size
- Discounts if used for longer periods & if renter has large amount of TFT in wallet
- Max bandwidth
- Min bandwidth (min 1 mbit/sec)
- Cost per GB bandwidth
- Max aggregation size (how many of the StorageSlices can be combined)
- Link to support site if any (find info about hoster and service capabilities)
- If linked to Hosting Pool (company giving support on the machines)
- Location & type of location

Each StorageSlice has unique ID and can be looked at through a portal (or found).