Add storage to Google Drive
This advice is aimed at Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) Users who need more data storage than the standard 30 gigabytes
Option 1: Tidy up your shed, store room, pantry or quilting stash
Unless you are a farmer in which case just build a bigger shed!
If there is a significant quantity of data you don't need stored in in the Cloud, this is a good solution
If you have archive data you don't need regular access to, you could store archive data locally on an external hard disk drive
We can assist to assess what data might be appropriate to remove from Google Drive
Option 2: Add additional storage per user account
If you wish to retain all or most of your current data this is a relatively low cost option
Increase your cloud storage from 30 gigabytes to 100 gigabytes of $2.49 per user account per month
If you need all of your users to access all shared data files you will need to upgrade each user account as follows
Browse to https://accounts.google.com/ and sign in using your domain email address & password
From the Home screen, scroll down and choose Manage Storage under Account storage
Choose the $2.49 per month option to increase your storage to 100 gigabytes per user, or more if you need it.
If you choose the $24.99 per year option that will mean fewer transactions on your credit card!
Choose your payment method and process the payment
Rinse & repeat for each separate user account in your organisation
Note that this direct payment to Google is in addition to the annual subscription your pay Lincoln Computer Centre (or indeeed Google direct)
Option 3: Upgrade your Google subscription
Either from G Suite Basic to Workspace Business Standard
Or from Business Starter to Business Standard
This will increase your cloud storage to at least 1 terabyte per user account (2 terabytes if 5 or more user accounts)
However it will cost just over $100 per year per user account
The huge storage upgrade is the main benefit of course, but you also get the very useful Shared Drives feature
Option 4: Switch to Microsoft 365
For the same annual cost as Google Workspace Business Starter (or G Suite Basic) you get 1 terabyte of shared storage
If you are already invested in Google Drive then switching from Google to Microsoft may not be the best option
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