Gclone

Gclone (a modified version of the rclone) is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from Google Drive.

Features

• Synced with rclone version for getting the latest features and bug fixes
• Provides dynamic replacement of the Service Accounts (SAs) for bypassing the 750GB/day limit of Google Drive

Instructions

1. Configuring the service_account_file_path

Add service_account_file_path in config file for dynamic replacement of Service Accounts (SAs). Replaces when rateLimitExceeded error occurs.

rclone.conf example:

[gc]
type = drive  
scope = drive  
service_account_file = /root/accounts/1.json  
service_account_file_path = /root/accounts/  
root_folder_id = root  

Note: /root/accounts/ folder must contain SA files (*.json)

2. Copying data

gclone copy gc:{source} gc:{destination} --drive-server-side-across-configs

Note: Provide Team Drive ID or Folder ID as source and destination

Caveats

Creating Service Accounts (SAs) allows you to bypass some of Google's quotas. Tools like Autorclone and gclone automatically rotates SAs for continuous multi-terabyte file transfer.

Quotas SAs CAN bypass:

• Google 'copy/upload' quota (750GB/account/day)
• Google 'download' quota (10TB/account/day)

Quotas SAs CANNOT bypass:

• Google 'Shared Drive' quota (~20TB/drive/day)
• Google 'file owner' quota (~2TB/day)

Credits

• rclone
• donwa
• dogbutcat