# Storage Slice

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## Storage Slice

A Storage Slice is a unit of ZDB storage (our key value stor) as can be used as backend for Zero-Stor (our quantum safe storage system).

The default Cloud Slice has:

- 100GB of storage

## requirements

- At least 99.5% uptime per node and 99.9% for the farming location (cluster)

## Storage Hour (SH)

- A Storage Hour is like a kwatth unit for electricty, it represents a Storage Slice being used for 1h and billed as such.
- ThreeFold Farmers can price the StorageHour themselves in a chosen currency.

## Storage Slice Properties

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

- 100 GB storage space on reliable HDD
- Maximum Discount (based on participation in Liquidity Pool and/or longer renting periods)
- Max bandwidth
- Min bandwidth (min 1 mbit/sec)
- 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