Overview
A comparison list of file services
Details
Box | OneDrive | Home Folders | AFS | |
Availability, capabilities and recommendation varies by business unit | Deprecated, not recommended for new use cases | |||
Initial Disk Space |
100GB Can request additional space |
100GB Can request additional space |
depends | 250MB |
Max Disk Space | Unlimited | 1TB | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Max file size | 5GB | 50GB | none | 24GB |
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 | Yes | Yes |
Can sync with multiple computers or phones | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Large file performance | Slow | Slow | Fast | Medium |
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 | Expires with RCS Account |
Charge | No | No | Yes | Yes |
References:
Information Classification Policy (requires connection to RPI network to access)
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