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By default, each user is allocated 50GB 150GB per account.  Faculty and staff may qualify for additional allocations. Requests for additional space may be submitted to your local IT Support Staff (or Technical Support Coordinators).

Can I obtain more space than the default

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150GB quota for my personal account

Yes, departments are able to purchase additional bulk allocations (a minimum of 1 Terabyte is needed).  These bulk allocations can then be distributed to faculty and staff as the department desires.  Department IT support staff  should submit requests for additional allocations to security@utexas.edu.  Department IT support staff should be prepared to provide a billing account number as well.

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Yes, departmental IT support staff or Technical Support Coordinators (TSCs) will first need to ensure a guest EID is created and dedicated for this function.  The guest EID will need to have an utexas.edu e-mail address associated with it -- a UTlists address might be ideal.  Next, the departmental IT support staff or TSC will contact the Information Security Office to ask that the guest EID be assigned a UTBox entitlement.  They will also need to indicate the quota that will be assigned to the account along with a billing account number.  The minimum account quota for such accounts is 1 Terabyte and the cost for UTBox storage is $1$0.50/Gigabyte/year (1 Terabyte = $1000$500/year).  

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Some departments have opted to purchase additional storage allocations that can be divided amongst several departmental Box accounts (e.g., various team or research accounts). 

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