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Oof. Back a few years ago when I was in grad school (University of Texas) they went all in telling everyone to use Google Drive for everything because we were

by chias 5y ago

Oof. Back a few years ago when I was in grad school (University of Texas) they went all in telling everyone to use Google Drive for everything because we were getting unlimited storage for life. Last week they just sent out an email saying that as of later this year our quotas are going to be 1GB. RIP huge swaths of research data I guess.

Tijdreiziger 5y ago
Wow, 1GB? Even on a consumer Google account you get 15GB for free.
- chias 5y ago
  Yeah. I guess when you promise a perpetual account to all students for life, that adds up quick. New policy is 5GB for active students faculty and staff, and 1GB for alumni, retirees, and former students. > As of November 2021, UTmail is utilizing over 6.4 PB of pooled storage. However, due to a change in the G Suite storage policy, Google will implement a 545 TB pooled storage quota. > Of the customers impacted: 70,000 are students, faculty, and staff, and 200,000 are alumni and retirees. Edit: just read the help files closer and turns out that alumni and retirees lose Google Drive entirely -- 1GB is just for email.
  - Tijdreiziger 5y ago
    > over 6.4 PB O.o I guess I never really think about the scale these systems operate at. Actually, considering that, the fact they give you 15GB on a free consumer account must add up to at least many hundreds of PBs?! I guess storage is cheap and/or targeted ads make a lot of money!
    - hiptobecubic 5y ago
      The scale is really astounding. You're underestimating.
alecco 5y ago
Can't they just use BitTorrent or similar for older data? They'd just need interested people with a spare large HDD.
- chias 5y ago
  I admire the enthusiasm, but no. This is happening to all universities that used Google to provide email and drive space for students and faculty. For the University of Texas alone, there are approximately 270,000 affected accounts. I personally have 895 GB in my Drive. Will you seed it for me?

by chias 5y ago

Tijdreiziger 5y ago

Wow, 1GB? Even on a consumer Google account you get 15GB for free.

chias 5y ago
Yeah. I guess when you promise a perpetual account to all students for life, that adds up quick. New policy is 5GB for active students faculty and staff, and 1GB for alumni, retirees, and former students. > As of November 2021, UTmail is utilizing over 6.4 PB of pooled storage. However, due to a change in the G Suite storage policy, Google will implement a 545 TB pooled storage quota. > Of the customers impacted: 70,000 are students, faculty, and staff, and 200,000 are alumni and retirees. Edit: just read the help files closer and turns out that alumni and retirees lose Google Drive entirely -- 1GB is just for email.
- Tijdreiziger 5y ago
  > over 6.4 PB O.o I guess I never really think about the scale these systems operate at. Actually, considering that, the fact they give you 15GB on a free consumer account must add up to at least many hundreds of PBs?! I guess storage is cheap and/or targeted ads make a lot of money!
  - hiptobecubic 5y ago
    The scale is really astounding. You're underestimating.

alecco 5y ago

Can't they just use BitTorrent or similar for older data? They'd just need interested people with a spare large HDD.

chias 5y ago
I admire the enthusiasm, but no. This is happening to all universities that used Google to provide email and drive space for students and faculty. For the University of Texas alone, there are approximately 270,000 affected accounts. I personally have 895 GB in my Drive. Will you seed it for me?