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[[File:{{#setmainimage:freezer.png}}|alt=Data freezer logo|center|frameless]]
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = Data freezer
| name                 = Data freezer
| logo = freezer.png
| logo                 = freezer.png
| screenshot =  
| logo caption        = Data freezer project logo
| caption = Data freezer project logo
| screenshot           =  
| developer = Serge Stu
| caption             =
| released = {{Start date and age|2024|6|11}}
| developer           = Serge Stu
| discontinued = yes
| released             = {{Start date and age|2024|6|11}}
| latest release version =
| discontinued         = Yes
| programming language = [[C++]]
| programming language = [[C++]]
| operating system = Cross-platform
| operating system     = Cross-platform
| platform = [[BOINC]]
 
| genre = [[Volunteer computing]], distributed storage
| website             = [https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225040/https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/ Archived website]
| license = Proprietary
| license              = Proprietary
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225040/https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/ Archived website]
}}
}}


'''''[https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/ Data freezer]''''' was a [[BOINC]]-based [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project focused on experimental distributed data storage and data deduplication using consumer hardware. The project proposed building a decentralized storage warehouse using spare capacity on devices such as old SSDs, smartphones, and MicroSD cards.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225040/https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/about.php |title=About Data freezer |website=Data freezer |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>
[[File:{{#setmainimage:freezer.png}}|alt=Data freezer logo|center|frameless]]
 
'''''[https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/ Data freezer]''''' was a BOINC-based [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project focused on experimental distributed data storage and data deduplication using consumer hardware. The project proposed building a decentralized storage warehouse using spare capacity on devices such as old SSDs, smartphones, and MicroSD cards.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225040/https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/about.php |title=About Data freezer |website=Data freezer |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>


The project operated during 2024 and later became inactive. Archived versions of the website remain available through the [[Wayback Machine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225040/https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/ |title=Archived Data freezer homepage |website=Wayback Machine |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>
The project operated during 2024 and later became inactive. Archived versions of the website remain available through the [[Wikipedia:Wayback Machine|Wayback Machine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915225040/https://frostydata.com/0Kdata/ |title=Archived Data freezer homepage |website=Wayback Machine |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Data freezer appeared as an experimental BOINC project during 2024. The project was hosted on the domain ''frostydata.com'' and used the standard BOINC server infrastructure developed by the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ |title=BOINC official website |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>
Data freezer appeared as an experimental BOINC project during 2024. The project was hosted on the domain ''frostydata.com'' and used the standard BOINC server infrastructure developed by the [[Wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ |title=BOINC official website |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>


Unlike traditional BOINC scientific projects that focus on simulations or mathematical analysis, Data freezer attempted to use volunteer computing resources for distributed data storage and integrity verification.<ref name="about" />
Unlike traditional BOINC scientific projects that focus on simulations or mathematical analysis, Data freezer attempted to use volunteer computing resources for distributed data storage and integrity verification.<ref name="about" />
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== BOINC integration ==
== BOINC integration ==
Data freezer used the [[BOINC]] middleware platform for distributing workloads to volunteer computers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ProjectMain |title=BOINC Project documentation |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>
Data freezer used the BOINC middleware platform for distributing workloads to volunteer computers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/ProjectMain |title=BOINC Project documentation |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=2026-05-19}}</ref>


BOINC is an open-source volunteer computing framework originally developed at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and used by many scientific computing projects worldwide.<ref>{{cite journal
[[Wikipedia:BOINC|BOINC]] is an open-source volunteer computing framework originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley and used by many scientific computing projects worldwide.<ref>{{cite journal
  |last1=Anderson
  |last1=Anderson
  |first1=David P.
  |first1=David P.
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[BOINC]]
* [[Wikipedia:BOINC|BOINC]]
* [[Volunteer computing]]
* [[Wikipedia:Volunteer computing|Volunteer computing]]
* [[Distributed computing]]
* [[Wikipedia:Distributed storage|Distributed storage]]
* [[Distributed storage]]
* [[Wikipedia:Data deduplication|Data deduplication]]
* [[Data deduplication]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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