Storage setup

Setting up Wasabi

Wasabi can be a good flat-rate choice when you keep a large archive and want no surprise download fees. It's less friendly for tiny or fast-rotating archives because pay-as-you-go has a 1 TB monthly minimum and a 90-day minimum-storage rule.

Storage cost

$6.99 / TB / month

Flat-rate per-TB pricing — no download fees on standard, no per-request fees. Predictable bills.

Minimum bill

1 TB / month

Pay-as-you-go bills 1 TB minimum every month. If your archive is under 100 GB, R2 or B2 are cheaper.

Retention floor

90 days

Files deleted before 90 days still bill until day 90. Auto-purge rotation can leave traces on the bill.

Before you start

Is Wasabi the right fit?

Wasabi makes the most sense when your archive is already big or you expect it to grow past 1 TB. Under 100 GB, comparing Cloudflare R2 or Backblaze B2 first usually saves money — Wasabi's 1 TB monthly minimum can outweigh the storage you actually use.

The 90-day minimum-storage rule also matters. If VOD Manager auto-purges a file after 30 days, Wasabi can still bill that file until day 90. For the full breakdown, see the comparison guide.

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Walkthrough

Five steps to a connected Wasabi bucket

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Step 1

Create a Wasabi account

Wasabi usually offers a free 30-day trial, then converts to a paid account if you keep using it.

  • Open wasabi.com .
  • Pick a storage region close to you during signup. You'll use this region again when you create the bucket and enter the endpoint.
  • Verify your email address before moving on. The console may block some setup actions until your account is confirmed.
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Step 2

Create a bucket

  1. In the Wasabi console, open Buckets, then choose Create Bucket.
  2. Use a globally unique bucket name. A clear pattern is vod-manager-yourname-archives.
  3. Choose the same region you picked during signup. This region must match the endpoint URL you use later.
  4. Set Object Locking to Disabled. Set Bucket Versioning to Disabled (unless you have a specific reason). Set Bucket Logging to Disabled.
  5. Click Create. Keep the bucket name nearby for the VOD Manager form.
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Step 3

Generate an access key

  1. In the Wasabi console, open Access Keys, then choose Create Access Key.
  2. For a personal account, Root user is acceptable — but treat the key like a password.
  3. For a shared account, create a sub-user under Users first. Give that sub-user WasabiReadWriteAccess scoped to this bucket, then create keys for the sub-user instead.
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Step 4

Note your region's endpoint

Wasabi uses S3-style endpoints, and the endpoint changes by region. Common examples:

  • s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com
  • s3.us-east-2.wasabisys.com
  • s3.us-central-1.wasabisys.com
  • s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com
  • s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com

Match the endpoint to the bucket region. If you're unsure, check Wasabi's region endpoint reference before pasting anything into VOD Manager.

Wasabi region endpoint reference

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Step 5

Connect VOD Manager

  • Provider: Wasabi.
  • Endpoint: https://s3.<region>.wasabisys.com.
  • Region: your Wasabi region, such as us-east-1.
  • Bucket: the bucket name from Step 2.
  • Access Key and Secret Key: the values from Step 3.
  • Click Test connection. If the test passes, future Twitch VODs save here automatically.

Troubleshooting

Common issues

SignatureDoesNotMatch

Endpoint and region don't match. For example, the bucket is in us-east-2 but the endpoint is us-east-1.

Access denied

The sub-user doesn't have permission for this bucket. Re-check the policy attachment.

Bucket not found

The bucket name has a typo, or the bucket was created in a different region than your endpoint.

Pricing

What Wasabi costs

Wasabi pay-as-you-go is about $6.99 per TB / month with a 1 TB monthly minimum. On the standard plan, no download fees and no per-request fees — bills are easy to predict when you pull files back.

The 90-day minimum-storage retention is the trap. Files deleted before day 90 still bill until day 90, so VOD Manager's auto-purge settings can leave traces on the Wasabi bill if you rotate often.

For archives that mostly grow, Wasabi is a calm long-term choice. For frequent rotation, Cloudflare R2 may be cheaper even at higher per-GB storage.

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Estimate based on how often and how long you stream.

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Last step

Predictable archive bills, no surprise egress

Connect Wasabi once, test the bucket, and let VOD Manager save future streams after Twitch finishes processing them.

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Wasabi may change UI, service URLs, rates, or minimum-storage rules. This guide was written from Wasabi-owned pages, including Wasabi, IAM policy docs, pricing, region endpoint reference.