Google Drive: Available Options and Requests

A knowledge base article about Google Drive: Available Options and Requests provided by the UC Berkeley IT Service Hub - Knowledge Portal

Use this page to view available options and submit requests for Google Drive. 

Request

Description

Eligibility

Access

Request more storage (My Drive)

Active affiliated account holders can request an increase from 50 to 150 GB.

Current students, staff, faculty and SPAs

Submit the Google Workspace Storage Limit Increase Form.

Request more storage (Shared Drives)

Departments and groups can request that an existing shared drive be given more storage for collaboration purposes. 

Availability is limited. Requests of 150 GB, 500 GB, or 1 TB are evaluated based on need and use case.

Shared Drive Managers

Submit the Expanded Shared Drive Request Form.

Pay for 10 TB of storage (Shared Drives)

Departments and groups can request to pay for additional storage space to be applied to a Shared Drive in 10 TB increments.

Shared Drive Managers

Email google-storage-project@berkeley.edu with the name of your destination Shared Drive(s), and the accounts that will be moving content into each Shared Drive.

Recover deleted files and data

If data has been deleted, account holders can request that it be restored within 25 days of deletion.

Active accounts

Submit the Google Content Recovery Form

View all files and folders by size

Account holders can request access to Folgo to audit files, folders, and ownership

Active accounts

Submit a support ticket.

Move folders into Shared Drives

Students can request the ability to move folders into Shared Drives on behalf of groups or organizations. 

Students

Submit a support ticket.