A change in SUNY Oswego’s Google domain related to storage for the Gmail, Drive, and Photos apps will take place in early 2025.
Google has revised their unlimited storage offering and is allocating specific amounts of space to higher education institutions to be enforced in November 2024. SUNY Oswego has an allocated 238 terabytes (TB) for our domain.
Google changed its offering to promote a fair distribution of storage resources across institutions. Likewise, while SUNY Oswego’s current domain usage is under our allocated amount (193 TB), we need to plan for future growth and ensure space is used equitably.
Therefore, effective Feb. 17, 2025, each user will have a storage limit (quota) as outlined below.
- Faculty and Staff: 50 GB
- Students: 15 GB
- Department accounts: 5 GB
- Clubs and Organization accounts: 1 GB
- Alumni and Retirees: 15 GB applied to Gmail only (Drive and Photo storage will no longer be available)
In addition, a separate 25 GB quota will be applied to shared drives listed under “Shared Drives” in the Google Drive left navigation.
To prepare for the change, please review the “Instructions” section of “Managing Your Google Storage Quota” prior to February 17.