Overview
A comparison list of file services
Details
| Box | OneDrive/Teams | Home Folders | AFS | |
| Availability, capabilities and recommendation varies by business unit | Retired as of August 2024 | |||
| Initial Disk Space |
100GB Can request additional space via a Support Request |
100GB Can request additional space via a Support Request |
depends | |
| Max Disk Space | Unlimited | 1TB | Unlimited | |
| Max file size | 5GB | 50GB | none | |
| Recommended for | ||||
| Student use | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Faculty and Staff use | Yes | Yes | ||
| Department use | Yes | No | Yes | |
| "Shared" Workspaces for institutional use | Yes - request Shared Box space. Quota unlimited. |
No for OneDrive Yes - request Teams channel |
Yes | |
| Can sync with multiple computers or phones | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Large file performance | Slow | Slow | Fast | |
| What happens when a student leaves RPI? | Can request to have RPI Box account migrated to personal Box account – Max 100 gb - free | Expires with RCS Account | Expires with RCS Account | |
| Charge | No | No | Yes |
References:
Information Classification Policy (requires connection to RPI network to access)
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