osdf / pelican platform as a free origin
- Free allowance
- You can federate your own data by running a Pelican origin, but that means YOU supply the storage, the certificate and the host — the platform is a distribution layer, not a storage grant.…
- Verdict
- self-hosted, last resortverdict fails-quota: the free allowance is too small to matter. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported1 source; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | You can federate your own data by running a Pelican origin, but that means YOU supply the storage, the certificate and the host — the platform is a distribution layer, not a storage grant.… unit none; metered on none |
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| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
Evidence 1
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | docs.pelicanplatform.org/federating-your-data/origin | the text of Free tier, above |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "You can federate your own data by running a Pelican origin, but that means YOU supply the storage, the certificate and the host — the platform is a distribution layer, not a storage grant.…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field