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====== Using the UI for renting ====== | ====== Using the UI for renting ====== | ||
- | This is a practical guide explaining how to rent disk space on Sia using the UI. For a technical explanation of the process, check [[renter: | + | This is a practical guide explaining how to rent disk space on Sia using the UI. For a technical explanation of the process, check [[renter: |
===== Creating the allowance ===== | ===== Creating the allowance ===== | ||
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- | In the File tab, pressing the “Create allowance” button opens the allowance pop-up (see Figure). In Sia, renters do not choose an amount of space and length of the contract. Instead the contract length is stablished | + | In the File tab, pressing the “Create allowance” button opens the allowance pop-up (see Figure). In Sia, renters do not choose an amount of space and length of the contract. Instead the contract length is established |
The client also provides an estimate of the fees that will be deducted. While the unused part of the allowance is returned by the end of the contract, fees are not. Fees include: | The client also provides an estimate of the fees that will be deducted. While the unused part of the allowance is returned by the end of the contract, fees are not. Fees include: | ||
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* 3.9% of the allowance and 3.9% of the collateral locked by the hosts. Hosts setup their collateral usually higher than the storage pricing. As the renter pays the fees of the collateral if the host keeps the expected 97% uptime, the total deducted fees will be around a 10% of the allowance. These fees are paid to [[wallet: | * 3.9% of the allowance and 3.9% of the collateral locked by the hosts. Hosts setup their collateral usually higher than the storage pricing. As the renter pays the fees of the collateral if the host keeps the expected 97% uptime, the total deducted fees will be around a 10% of the allowance. These fees are paid to [[wallet: | ||
- | * Hosts stablish | + | * Hosts establish |
After accepting the allowance, a process of forming contracts with 50 hosts will start, taking approximately one hour (See Figure). | After accepting the allowance, a process of forming contracts with 50 hosts will start, taking approximately one hour (See Figure). | ||
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- | Hosting is a competitive process where each host stablishes | + | Hosting is a competitive process where each host establishes |
===== Uploading files ===== | ===== Uploading files ===== | ||
- | After the 50 contracts are formed, the user can upload files using the UI interface buttons or drag-and-dropping the files. Sia accepts folder hierarchy for the uploads. For a large number of small files, it is recommended to upload a compressed file instead. | + | After the 50 contracts are formed, the user can upload files using the UI interface buttons or drag-and-dropping the files. Sia accepts folder hierarchy for the uploads. Sia works splitting files in chunks of 40MB (as of September 2017), so files smaller than that size will be treated as 40MB files. For that reason, for uploading |
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The “Files Transfers” button will show the progress of the uploads and downloads. | The “Files Transfers” button will show the progress of the uploads and downloads. | ||
- | The pricing (different for each host) is stablished | + | The pricing (different for each host) is established |
* The bandwidth costs. | * The bandwidth costs. | ||
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===== File repair ===== | ===== File repair ===== | ||
- | During the length of the contract, hosts will have to accomplish their Proofs of Storage. If a particular host misses several of them, it will be determined that he is offline and so the redundancy for some files will drop. If redundancy drops below a certain value, a process of file repair will start even if the renter | + | During the length of the contract, hosts will have to accomplish their Proofs of Storage. If a particular host misses several of them, it will be determined that he is offline and so the redundancy for some files will drop. If redundancy drops below a certain value, a process of file repair will start even if the file is no longer in the renter' |
New hosts will be added to replace the bad hosts and they will receive the data the bad hosts were holding from other online hosts. This process can be detected by the fact that a number larger than 50 contracts is shown on the top of the UI (see Figure). | New hosts will be added to replace the bad hosts and they will receive the data the bad hosts were holding from other online hosts. This process can be detected by the fact that a number larger than 50 contracts is shown on the top of the UI (see Figure). | ||
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Once a contract with a host expires, the unused part of the allowance will be returned to the renter. Also, if the host did not fulfill the 97% uptime requirement, | Once a contract with a host expires, the unused part of the allowance will be returned to the renter. Also, if the host did not fulfill the 97% uptime requirement, | ||
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+ | ===== Keeping a backup of the metadata ===== | ||
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+ | In the case of a crash of the renter' | ||
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+ | ^ Operating system | ||
+ | | GNU/Linux based | '' | ||
+ | | Microsoft Windows | '' | ||
+ | | Mac OS X | '' | ||