You can use Globus, a platform for high-speed data transfer, to move low and moderate risk data from Google Drive to another storage solution.
Before you migrate the data, it’s worth cleaning up your Google Drive to ensure the process goes smoothly.
Once you have reviewed the guidance on this page, you can navigate to Stanford Research Computing site to learn more:
Your Google Docs are staying where they are
If your Google Drive (My Drive or shared drive) has Google Apps files (Docs/Sheets/Slides/etc), you should separate them from the data you intend to transfer with Globus.
Globus cannot retrieve files created in Google Apps such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides. They will not transfer and will only clog up your directories and error logs.
There are other, non-Globus methods to export those files if you need to migrate them.
Access Control
Permission and access control settings will not be transferred with the files. The transferred files will inherit the access controls of the parent folder on the new endpoint. Make a note of any restrictions so that you can re-create them after the transfer.
Remove empty directories & delete unwanted files
Some users have reported problems moving empty Google Drive directories to new endpoints, so we do not recommend it. Globus transfers from Google Drive can be slow due to throttling by Google. Any data you can delete or leave behind will shorten your transfer time.
Versioning
If you have never seen this screen before, you probably don’t need to worry about versioning.
Files uploaded to Google Drive are versioned, as shown above. Globus will take the current version, but not any previous versions. It is possible to download previous versions from this screen, but there is no way to get them with Globus.
Now your data is ready to move!
