University OneDrive storage is hard to sync on Linux
A university OneDrive account offers up to 10TB of storage, but it is hard to use smoothly from an work laptop. The built-in OneDrive connection can show files, but it does not work well for editing them as part of normal file work.
The laptop has only 250GB of storage, so it cannot hold all the large data from the research project locally. rclone sync and an OneDrive tool were both tried, but the university would not allow either tool to access the account.
The university IT office refused approval and only allowed manual uploads and downloads through the . That manual process is not practical for ongoing work with large data.
Key points
- The university OneDrive account has a 10TB storage limit.
- can view OneDrive files through the built-in connection, but editing is limited.
- The work laptop has only 250GB of storage, which is too small for the project data.
- rclone and an OneDrive tool could not get university account access.
- Manual uploads and downloads through the are not workable for large ongoing data work.