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Just checked, my C drive has a bit more than 1 million files. What are you doing that you have 5 million separate files in your Google Drive?

jackson1442 4y ago
If you're using Google Earth Engine or a similar tool, it's generally highly recommended to use Google Drive as the storage backend for it - especially since Google sells Enterprise plans with "as much storage as you need." Geospatial artifacts can be very large, and also can be spread across thousands and thousands of files (20+ zoom levels on Earth, with enough 256x256 tiles to cover the planet at each zoom level, for example).
hirako2000 4y ago
Many use some rsync-like tools to use gdrive as a flat backup system. Perfectly fine use case. You would be over a million as a single user. Some account have thousands of users. See some comments on the tracker, some orgs have a multi sites set up across an entire nation. I wouldn't be surprised if 10k+ volunteers at some NGOs are on that sort of plan and use it as their personal storage solution on top of all the things they sync for document counts heavy work.
justin_oaks 4y ago
Nobody should ever need more than 640K of RAM, right? Just because your workflow doesn't involve lots of tiny files doesn't mean other people's don't. Besides, most of those commenting in the issue are talking about their organization having hit the limit, not individuals.
- kulahan 4y ago
  Why is an organization using a primarily-personal file storage/transfer system for real work
  - shadowgovt 4y ago
    The same reason anyone uses anything: because it works until it doesn't.
  - justin_oaks 4y ago
    Where do you get the idea that Google Drive is a "primarily-personal file storage/transfer system"? That may be what you use it for, but that doesn't mean other people use it in that way. And it doesn't mean that's how Google represents it in their documents. I tried to look for documentation about what Google Drive should and shouldn't be used for. In the FAQ Google Drive said it could be used for storing any file type. There are instructions for how to backup/sync any folder on your computer to Google Drive. If you're an organization that has several people backing up folders with large numbers of files, there's nothing Google says that makes you think you shouldnt use it that way. https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124?hl=en The only thing that indicated what it shouldn't be used for was content policy page. It basically says it shouldn't be used for illegal activity and that it shouldn't be used for streaming video. https://support.google.com/docs/answer/148505 https://support.google.com/docs/answer/148505
    - rocket_surgeron 4y ago
      >Where do you get the idea that Google Drive is a "primarily-personal file storage/transfer system"? Its SLA. Or more precisely, its lack of one.
    - kulahan 4y ago
      All this comment proves is that it's not not available to companies, not that it's built with corporations in mind. There's a MASSIVE difference in software for regular home customers and for business customers.
- bobsmooth 4y ago
  As kulahan said, why are you using a personal backup solution for a business?
  - justin_oaks 4y ago
    Google sells it's services to businesses, not just individuals. Google drive is part of the set of services called Google Workspaces. It seems odd that someone would say that you shouldn't use Google Workspaces for work.
Gigachad 4y ago
You can easily reach this number if you are doing something like storing json/xml user data from some service. But I just can't imagine you could ever hit this limit as a normal user. And if you do, just zip some old stuff in to one file and carry on.

jackson1442 4y ago

If you're using Google Earth Engine or a similar tool, it's generally highly recommended to use Google Drive as the storage backend for it - especially since Google sells Enterprise plans with "as much storage as you need." Geospatial artifacts can be very large, and also can be spread across thousands and thousands of files (20+ zoom levels on Earth, with enough 256x256 tiles to cover the planet at each zoom level, for example).

hirako2000 4y ago

Many use some rsync-like tools to use gdrive as a flat backup system. Perfectly fine use case. You would be over a million as a single user. Some account have thousands of users. See some comments on the tracker, some orgs have a multi sites set up across an entire nation. I wouldn't be surprised if 10k+ volunteers at some NGOs are on that sort of plan and use it as their personal storage solution on top of all the things they sync for document counts heavy work.

justin_oaks 4y ago

Nobody should ever need more than 640K of RAM, right? Just because your workflow doesn't involve lots of tiny files doesn't mean other people's don't. Besides, most of those commenting in the issue are talking about their organization having hit the limit, not individuals.

kulahan 4y ago
Why is an organization using a primarily-personal file storage/transfer system for real work
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  The same reason anyone uses anything: because it works until it doesn't.
- justin_oaks 4y ago
  Where do you get the idea that Google Drive is a "primarily-personal file storage/transfer system"? That may be what you use it for, but that doesn't mean other people use it in that way. And it doesn't mean that's how Google represents it in their documents. I tried to look for documentation about what Google Drive should and shouldn't be used for. In the FAQ Google Drive said it could be used for storing any file type. There are instructions for how to backup/sync any folder on your computer to Google Drive. If you're an organization that has several people backing up folders with large numbers of files, there's nothing Google says that makes you think you shouldnt use it that way. https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124?hl=en https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124?hl=en The only thing that indicated what it shouldn't be used for was content policy page. It basically says it shouldn't be used for illegal activity and that it shouldn't be used for streaming video. https://support.google.com/docs/answer/148505 https://support.google.com/docs/answer/148505
  - rocket_surgeron 4y ago
    >Where do you get the idea that Google Drive is a "primarily-personal file storage/transfer system"? Its SLA. Or more precisely, its lack of one.
  - kulahan 4y ago
    All this comment proves is that it's not not available to companies, not that it's built with corporations in mind. There's a MASSIVE difference in software for regular home customers and for business customers.
bobsmooth 4y ago
As kulahan said, why are you using a personal backup solution for a business?
- justin_oaks 4y ago
  Google sells it's services to businesses, not just individuals. Google drive is part of the set of services called Google Workspaces. It seems odd that someone would say that you shouldn't use Google Workspaces for work.

Gigachad 4y ago

You can easily reach this number if you are doing something like storing json/xml user data from some service. But I just can't imagine you could ever hit this limit as a normal user. And if you do, just zip some old stuff in to one file and carry on.