In anticipation of this issue, Ryerson Computing and Communications Services (RCCS) did note in their announcement that “beginning in early 2022, we will implement individual storage limits for all users at Ryerson.” What those limits will be has not yet been announced. If they’re included, the pool would be stretched even thinner.
With more than 44,000 full and part-time students, and over 900 full-time faculty registered with the university as of fall 2020, that pool could quickly dry up.ĭivided among all users, each person would have an average allotment of just over two gigabytes - Ryerson hasn’t mentioned anything about alumni, who currently also have unlimited storage. The new limitations for this tier will provide 100 terabytes of pooled storage to be shared by everyone under the licencing agreement. This change by Google will bring it in line with industry standards.Īccording to Google, Ryerson currently subscribes to Google Workspace’s “ Education Fundamentals” tier, which, according to Google’s website, is free “for qualified educational institutions.” The offer of free unlimited storage is an outlier among cloud-based storage options, with companies like Dropbox, Apple iCloud, and Microsoft OneCloud using tiered limits or paid unlimited storage, depending on subscription. 30 of that year, when the previous 30-gigabytes-per-user restriction was removed. Unlimited storage was initially announced in 2014, and has been offered through Google by the university since Oct. The updated policy affects all current users of G Suite for Education through Ryerson, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. “Along with the updated name, Google’s new account storage policy will end the current availability of unlimited storage for educational institutions in July 2022,” the announcement states. The university announced Friday that it would begin limiting Google storage capacities early in 2022, as part of a transition to the new Google Workspace for Education.
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