If your Google at IU My Drive contains institutional data, before you migrate, consider how you'd like to handle your institutional data to ensure that it's stored appropriately.Since Google capped its unlimited free storage in Google Photos at 15GB in June, you may have considered signing up for Google One to get more space. The university's existing investment in other Microsoft products also makes this sustainable. However, while Microsoft is charging significantly for storage, IU has much more space than is being used. Microsoft is not an exception to this trend. Files stored in your Google at IU space that are not personal in nature must remain in a storage platform appropriate for IU data.Īll major vendors offer cloud storage as a significant component of their service offerings, and the industry as a whole has shifted toward monetizing storage rather than offering it as a free component associated with other services. Personal Google Drive accounts, as well as personal accounts in other platforms and services, are not appropriate for storing IU data. The limit was put in place to ensure that these accounts stay under 5 GB and do not increase IU's total storage allotment in Google.Ĩ5-90% of students, faculty, and staff will not be affected by this limit. For accounts below 4 GB of total storage, a limit of 5 GB was implemented on Friday, August 26. Google Shared Drives for institutional storageīy the end of the year, every active Google at IU My Drive account will need to be under 5 GB. Google Drive and Google Photos for individuals As a result, the university must limit the total storage footprint used by all IU services in Google systems to avoid drastically increased costs.Īpps, services, and features that contribute to our overall usage include: Also, see the full collection of KB documentation about these changes.įor more than a decade, Google offered the full suite of services at no cost to higher education universities however, Google has announced placement of caps on storage use, at 30% of the current total data stored in the IU Google instance.This page will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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