I Hope Google Doesn’t Ban Us... - Abusing Unlimited Google Drive
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as an example of data hoarders testing Google's unlimited storage and of Google rate limiting heavy use.
What it is
Linus Tech Tips backs up their petabyte server to Google's unlimited G Suite Drive plan and runs into the daily upload cap. It shows how far the 'unlimited' offer can be pushed.
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What Hacker News said
Cites fheld · 2019-05 · on “Unlimited Google Drive storage by splitting binary files into base64”
relevant video on this unlimited plan and the way it is capped. [this video] tl;dw Upload is limited to 750GB per day per account
Cites reggieband · 2020-08 · on “New case studies about Google’s use of Go”
Ah, I see now. Google will store an unlimited number of photos that they compress to "High Quality" and it is limited to 15 GB uploaded per day. There is a storage limit on the "Original Quality" images (e.g. images not put through Google's compression). Reminds me of the Linus Tech Tips video where they try to use Google's claim of unlimited free storage to backup their video library to Google Drive [1]. Eventually Google rate limits their access so harshly that it becomes a practical limit. Just like those "unlimited" mobile data plans that eventually slow down your service it is really just marketing. They hide the actual limits but they are there to prevent abuse. 1. [this video]
Cites jolmg · 2020-10 · on “Google is killing unlimited Drive storage for non-enterprise users”
> If you have unlimited storage, the data hoarders will find out about it and abuse it. That reminds me of: Linus Tech Tips: I Hope Google Doesn’t Ban Us... - Abusing Unlimited Google Drive [this video]