UW-Madison Google Workspace - Prepare for the upcoming storage quotas
This document provides an overview on how to prepare for upcoming storage quotas that will impact UW-Madison Google Workspace My Drive accounts.
Topics
- Project background
- Over the quota? Here's what to do
- Important dates
- Storage request overview
- Eligibility
- Request form
- Requests for more than a 500 GB quota
- Quota right-sizing
- Google Drive user experience after June 1, 2024
- Resources
- Support
Note: The content below is subject to change at any time without notice.
Project background
Effective June 1, 2023, UW-Madison My Drive and shared drive accounts will have a minimum 25 GB storage quota. This change is in response to Google introducing a new storage model that eliminates free, unlimited storage and will enforce a service-wide storage cap on July 1, 2024.
My Drive and shared drive accounts exceeding the minimum 25 GB quota will be given a temporary quota until May 31, 2024. Temporary quotas consist of an individual's existing storage usage plus a small additional storage to allow continued access and collaboration for the interim. Individuals can request a long-term storage exception to override the minimum 25 GB by submitting an exception request form. This form will be available starting June 1, 2023.
Below is an example of a temporary quota:
- Current storage usage: 276 GB
- Storage buffer: 14 GB temporarily added to the account
- Temporary quota: 300 GB until May 31, 2024 or a long-term exception is submitted
Important dates
- June 1, 2023:
- Temporary quota goes into effect for those using more than 25 GB of data.
- Form to request a long-term quota exception goes live.
- May 31, 2024:
- Deadline to reduce storage usage below 25 GB OR request a quota exception.
- July 1, 2024:
- Google enforces campus-wide storage quota.
Over the quota? Here's what to do.
My Drive users or shared drive managers
- View your existing My Drive storage usage.
- View Shared drives you manage by viewing its membership.
- View your Shared drive storage usage.
- Review files and delete items that are no longer needed.
- Move backup/archival files to another storage provider.
- Learn how to request more storage, if needed.
Service account managers
- View the service account’s existing My Drive storage usage (Note: You must be logged in to the service account when using this link).
- Review files and delete items that are no longer needed.
- Move backup/archival files to another storage provider.
- If you'd like a list of which service accounts are using more than 0 GB of storage, please email the project team. In your email, include the domains you administer.
Storage request overview for My Drive and Shared drives
Eligibility
- My Drive
- The requestor must be eligible for the UW-Madison Google Workspace service.
- Additional storage requests cannot exceed 500 GB storage quota.
- Service accounts are not eligible.
- All data must be removed from Google Photos.
- Shared Drive
- The requestor must be a manager of the Shared Drive and be eligible for the UW-Madison Google Workspace service.
- Additional storage requests cannot exceed 500 GB storage quota.
Request form
Request a long-term storage quota increase for your UW-Madison Google Workspace My Drive or shared drive.
Note: Before requesting additional storage, review files and delete items that are no longer needed. Google Workspace is most valuable when used for real-time collaboration and file sharing. If you need to back up or archive files, please consider using another storage provider.
Requests for more than a 500 GB quota
Email the project team for a consultation at google-workspace-project-feedback@g-groups.wisc.edu .
Quota right-sizing
Effective November 2023, the UW-Madison Google Workspace will start adjusting quotas for accounts that decrease their storage usage to optimize the amount of storage that is allocated to an individual account. This ensures we are managing shared campus storage responsibly.
Example
Before quota right-sizing:
- User A Google usage: 380 GB
- User A Google quota: 400 GB
After quota right-sizing:
- User A Google usage: 219 GB (decreased)
- User A Google quota: 250 GB (decreased)
Google Drive user experience after June 1, 2024
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My Drive - Documentation coming soon.
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Shared drive - Documentation coming soon.
Resources
- View your My Drive storage usage and manage your content.
- Delete folders/files that are no longer needed.
- View your temporary quota (visible starting June 1, 2023).
- View shared drives membership permissions.
- View shared drive storage usage.
- Delete unwanted shared drives.
- Move My Drive folders to a shared drive.
- Understand changes to file access after moving content from My Drive to a shared drive.
- Understand what happens when you meet or exceed your storage quota.
Support
- Email the project team at google-workspace-project-feedback@g-groups.wisc.edu .
- Attend virtual office hours.
- View the Reshaping the Google Workspace Service project page.