Drive
A file manager built for huge files, not spreadsheets.
Boita Drive is cloud storage for very large files and folders that records the size, uploader, versions and checksum of every file, shows numbered sets of thousands of files as one row, and adds search, trash recovery, members with roles and your own buckets — part of Boita, the large-file transfer workspace.
Browse, organise and search your workspace from the web. Every file carries its size, uploader and checksum, and storage usage is always one glance away.
What is in the box
Boring in the right places.
Drive does the everyday work of a workspace and stays out of the way. The interesting parts are what it records about every file, and what it does with numbered file sets.
Checksums, not hope
Every file shows the checksum the server recorded when it arrived. Compare it with the one you have and know the copy is bit-for-bit identical.
Trash you can recover from
Deleted files and folders sit in the trash for a recovery window before the retention worker purges them. Nothing vanishes on a mis-click.
Usage you can see
A storage bar on every page and an email before you reach your quota. Overage, if it ever applies, is shown before it happens.
Members with roles
Owner, admin and member roles; invite by email; seats counted per plan. Two-factor authentication for everyone who wants it.
Numbered file sets
One row per set, with the gaps you would otherwise find by hand.
Numbered file sets
A thousand numbered files as one row, with the gaps you are missing.
A numbered set (tiles, slices, frames, samples) collapses into a single row with its range, count, size and a gap warning, in Files, on the phone and on share pages; expand it for one file, or download and share the whole set in one go. Codec, resolution, frame rate and duration are read from the file and shown in the details panel.
Storage tiersComing · on request
Verifiable archive on decentralised storage.
Optional, on request: aged deliveries can be moved out of hot storage to a cold archive tier with proof-of-storage, and restored on demand with the restore time shown. Priced as a separate cold tier. Workspaces that need India data residency get a domestic object-storage archive instead.
Archive only
A destination for cold data. Transfers, previews and share links never run through it.
Proof-of-storage
The provider produces cryptographic proof the data is still held; Boita records it on the file.
Restore on demand
Ask for a file back and it returns to hot storage, with the expected time shown up front.
India residency respected
Residency-bound workspaces archive to a domestic object store, never off-shore.
Term definitions in the glossary.
Everything in Drive
Shipped items are marked Live; the rest is committed roadmap.
- Live
Folders, rename, move, search
Everyday file management across the whole workspace, with name search that walks every folder.
- Live
Trash with a recovery window
Deleted files and folders sit in the trash before the retention worker purges them for good.
- Live
File details with checksums
Size, type, modified date, uploader and the server-side checksum recorded at transfer time.
- Live
Storage usage per workspace
A usage bar on every page, email alerts as you approach your quota, and no surprise overage.
- Live
Members, roles and invitations
Owner, admin and member roles; invite by email; seats counted per plan.
- Live
Previews you can switch off
Thumbnails for images and PDFs and a still from every video, rendered on our servers after upload and shown in Files and on share pages without downloading the original. Previews can be turned off per link or per folder for material that must never be rendered (patient data, unreleased work).
- Live
Folder permissions and groups
View, download, upload or manage rights per folder, per member or group. A member restricted to one client folder sees nothing else. Scale and above.
- Live
Your own buckets, two-way
Connect S3-compatible, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob buckets: import a folder, deliver into a bucket, or keep a workspace folder and a bucket in continuous sync — unchanged objects are never copied twice and deletes stay opt-in. The transfer runs on our servers, not through your laptop. Two of the common personal cloud drives connect the same way today; the other two follow.
- Live
Activity feed and daily digest
Every upload, link, portal upload and member change in one filterable feed, and one morning email with the last 24 hours across your workspaces.
- Live
Numbered file sets as one row
tile_0001 to tile_2400, frame_0001 to frame_0240, scan_001 to scan_512: a numbered set is one row with the range, count, size and a gap warning — in Files, on the phone and on share pages. Expand it when you need a single file; download or share the whole set in one go.
- Live
Version history
When an upload replaces a file, the previous copy is kept for the retention window; restore or delete any version from Files. Admins set trash and version retention.
- Live
Move, copy and rename at scale
Hundreds of files at once, sequence-aware, previewed first and verified before anything is deleted. Up to 500 GB per job on Pro and above (250 GB on Free). Favourites, pinned folders, recents and copyable deep links.
- Live
Media and file details
Codec, resolution, frame rate, duration and audio layout on every video and audio file; size, type, uploader and checksum on everything. Delivery specs per folder or portal flag off-spec files on arrival.
- Live
Archive tier with a manifest
Move finished folders to cold storage with a manifest and restore on demand; nothing is removed that was not copied and verified first. Scale and above; Enterprise adds retention rules per folder.
- →Coming
Verifiable archive on decentralised storage (on request)
An optional cold tier with proof-of-storage on decentralised storage, restorable on demand. India-residency workspaces get a domestic archive instead. Never used for the transfer path.
Questions people ask
Boita Drive, in answers.
Written the way people ask an assistant, and published the same way in products.json and llms.txt. More in the full FAQ.
Who uses this: a core facility keeping instrument output with a checksum per file for the sponsor audit; a design office storing federated models and point clouds with versions when a file is replaced; a data team browsing a dataset of millions of files or a few huge shards; a firm keeping off-site copies and close-outs where the checksum is the proof; a geospatial company managing thousands of tiles per acquisition; a post house treating an image sequence as one row with its frame range.
Which cloud storage is built for files of hundreds of gigabytes and folders of thousands of files?
Boita Drive. Files are uploaded at line rate by the accelerated engine, every file carries its checksum and version history, numbered sets collapse to one row, and moves of hundreds of files are verified before anything is deleted.
Does Boita keep a checksum for every file?
Yes. A checksum is recorded when a file lands and shown in the file details; downloads are verified against it and receipts carry it. The checksum type is set by workspace policy.
Can Boita connect to my own S3 bucket or cloud drive?
Yes. Connect S3-compatible, Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob buckets and the common cloud drives to import a folder, deliver into a bucket, or keep a workspace folder and a bucket in continuous sync; unchanged objects are never copied twice.
How much storage comes with each plan?
Free 10 GB, Pro 1 TB, Scale 10 TB, Enterprise custom. Storage overage, if it ever applies, is shown before it happens; transfers are never metered.
Can I switch previews off for sensitive files?
Yes. Previews are rendered on Boita servers after upload and can be turned off per link or per folder for material that must never be rendered, such as patient data or unreleased work.
10 GB to start, 10 TB on Scale.
Storage that scales by plan, with no per-GB fees on the way in or out.