Is there a Limit to Data Synching?
In the documentation at https://www.zotero.org/support/sync it says "Data syncing is free, has no storage limit, and can be used without file syncing." I always thought that synching data on the Zotero cloud had a limit of 300 free megabytes - is this not the case?
I am asking because we (librarians) are teaching Zotero to our museum curators as a citation-management tool, rather than a file-management tool (for various internal reasons). Since staff are not paying for additional storage, we are instructing them to synch their data, but unsynch their files (in the Edit>preferences>synch settings).
It occurred to me, however, that given the rate at which curators add citations to their Zotero library, at one point they will come up against the 300 megabites of cloud storage. What will occur at that point? Will they be blocked out of both their online and standalone accounts?
Most curators are working exclusively from one installation of the standalone/client. Is it better for us to tell them not to synch Zotero at all (including not synching the data)?
I am asking because we (librarians) are teaching Zotero to our museum curators as a citation-management tool, rather than a file-management tool (for various internal reasons). Since staff are not paying for additional storage, we are instructing them to synch their data, but unsynch their files (in the Edit>preferences>synch settings).
It occurred to me, however, that given the rate at which curators add citations to their Zotero library, at one point they will come up against the 300 megabites of cloud storage. What will occur at that point? Will they be blocked out of both their online and standalone accounts?
Most curators are working exclusively from one installation of the standalone/client. Is it better for us to tell them not to synch Zotero at all (including not synching the data)?
What will happen when that staff member reaches the 300 megabit limit? Will they be locked out of both their online and standalone account?
* unless you delete them in Zotero yourself by moving them to the trash