Feature Comparison: OneDrive & Piratedrive

students faculty-and-staff storage file-management

If you are interested in migrating your department or shared Piratedrive space to OneDrive, here is a comparison to help you decide.

	OneDrive	Piratedrive
User access	Anywhere, on any device	On campus: Windows or macOS computer Off campus: Windows or macOS computer through VPN Pirate Port: Browser access on or off campus
Storage space	5TB (5,000GB)	5GB
Collaboration (multiple users simultaneously)	Yes	No
FERPA approved	Yes	Yes
HIPAA approved	Yes	Yes
Restore deleted files	Yes	Yes
File editing through a browser	Yes	No
File sharing with other ECU users	Yes	Yes
File sharing with non-ECU users	Yes	No
Mapped drive access	No - files can be synced	Yes - on campus and through VPN when off campus
Restricted permissions on subfolders	No	Yes
Interact using transactional processes	No	Yes

What to know about the sync feature in OneDrive

Never store or sync sensitive data to your computer.
Store sensitive data to OneDrive with appropriate University Data Governance permissions.
Do not sync sensitive data between OneDrive and your computer. You can choose which folders to sync.
Access synced files through Windows File Explorer and macOS Finder.
Files are synced immediately (large files will take longer to sync).
The synced file will use space on your computer. For example, if your OneDrive files take 500GB, you need 500GB of storage on your computer. There is a copy of each file on both computer and OneDrive.
If you delete a synced file from your computer, it will be deleted from the OneDrive space and vice versa. OneDrive includes a restore feature for deleted files.
You can choose which files or folders you want to sync. You do not have to sync the entire folder.

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