Question: Safe usage limits for │ │ large personal storage (~3TB)

[Elshepl]

Question: Safe usage limits and best practices for large-scale personal storage (~3TB)

Hi, first of all thank you for building Teldrive — it's been working great for my use case.

I want to be transparent about how I'm using it and ask whether my current setup is within safe boundaries before I continue.

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My current setup:

• Uploading manually via rclone → Teldrive → Telegram (I personally run the rclone command each time, no automation or scripts)
• rclone is set to --transfers 4 with 1GB chunk size
• Upload speed is approximately 5 MB/s total across all 4 parallel transfers
• This results in roughly ~10 upload.saveBigFilePart API requests per second
• Daily volume is irregular: sometimes 10GB, sometimes 25GB, sometimes 50GB — with rest days in between
• Upload times vary throughout the day with no fixed schedule
• Files are encrypted by Teldrive before being sent to Telegram
• All files go to a single private channel
• So far I've uploaded ~120GB in under a week
• Goal: ~3TB total

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My concerns:

1. The README warns about instant bans and file deletion for misuse. Given my setup above, does my usage pattern fall within what you'd consider safe? Or is the 3TB total / ~10-50GB per day range something that has caused bans in your experience?

2. Is there a specific API call rate (requests/second) or daily volume threshold that you've observed triggering Telegram's flood limits or account restrictions with Teldrive?

3. Are there any specific rclone flags you'd recommend for safer usage at this scale (e.g. --tpslimit, --transfers adjustment)?

I'm not trying to push limits — I just want to store my personal files responsibly without risking losing everything. Any guidance from your experience would be really appreciated.

Thank you.

[aZuiZui]

If you upload too much daily you will get your bots banned. I have seen user posting that they upload 400 - 500gb daily no issues. It depends on how many bots you have.

[Elshepl]

If you upload too much daily you will get your bots banned. I have seen user posting that they upload 400 - 500gb daily no issues. It depends on how many bots you have.

I have like 6 bots, Also, I'm not in a hurry to upload.Upload between 50 and 100 GB per day.
Is this a safe limit? What are the best settings for rclone and .toml configs for streaming plex, jellyfin?

[aZuiZui]

If you have 6 bots use the default would yield the best results. If you fancy to tweak your config you can use the wiki which has ai driven algorithm that will generate a more customise config for you.

I honestly think the default works well. I tested with 5 bots and have been fine with 500gb uploads, if you go more I think you will get flagged and blocked. I have tried in the past and got a warning.