Cost control

Files in scoopa are usually first stored in the "live/online" pricing tier and later on transition into the archive-tier or are deleted. A notable exception is the direct-to-archive feature. You can read more about this here and here.

As mentioned in the articles above, new files can transition or be deleted earliest after 7 days. That means, if you optmize your usage you can re-use your included storage-peak up to 4 times per month.

This is, of course, only feasible if your assets are only relevant for the first 7 days.

You can find the relevant settings under "Settings" -> "Cost Control".

We will cover the settings higlighted in red.

Usage-Alert

You can enter a storage-limit in GB. If this limit is reached the contact on-file will be notified. The contact can be entered in this very mask (recipient e-mail + name). You can also choose to activate/deactivate the alert.

Hard Limit

You can also enforce an upload stop when the storage-limit has been reached by activating the checkbox "prevent uploads..."

You can also prevent any traffic-costs for downloads by checking "prevent downloads". This, of course, will limit the usability of your platform.

Auto-Archive can be a powerful feature to save money as it can enforce that an asset will only be billed once in the live/online price-tier and transitioned to archive automatically after that.

Auto-Archive can be activated on a per-file basis during the upload of a new file:

You can also choose to activate Auto-Archive on a global level in the settings. Either as the new default during upload (this can be overriden by the uploader), or by enforcing the setting (cannot be changed by the uploader).