Storage Allocations (Quotas)

A storage allocation is the maximum amount of storage a single account or shared drive can store. Because of the way Google imposes storage, we are unable to customize allocations on a per-account basis, so we have organized the allocations into reasonable slices (“quotas”). The quotas are organized according to Google licenses (or multiples thereof).

 

Default Storage Quotas

New accounts will go into the default quotas.  The default quotas go into effect Winter Break 2023.

Quota Storage ALlocation Available To
Default Tier for Licensed Users 20 GB Registered students, faculty, and staff
Default Tier for Unlicensed Users 10 GB Academic affiliates and functional accounts 
Default Tier for Shared Drives 50 GB Anyone, with a limit of one shared drive per account

 

 

Legacy Storage Quotas

We have purchased additional storage for Google to allow many existing users to keep their current storage level. 

Existing faculty, staff, students, and affiliate users along with functional accounts will be placed into a legacy tier (up to 500 GB) based on your Google Workspace usage. Legacy Quotas are not guaranteed to be your permanent storage allocation. Legacy Storage Allocations will be rolled out during Winter Break 2023.

Current Storage Usage Range

Legacy Quota Applied

0 - 8 GB

10 GB (default for affiliates and functional accounts)

0 - 16 GB

20 GB (default for staff, faculty and student accounts)

(8 or 16) - 40 GB

50 GB

40 - 120 GB

150 GB

120 GB - 200 GB

250 GB

200 GB - 400 GB

500 GB

 

Shared Drive Legacy Quotas

 

Current Storage Usage Range

Legacy Quota Applied

0 - 35 GB

50 GB (default)

35 - 400 GB 500 GB

400 - 800 GB

1 TB

800 GB - 4 TB

5 TB