# Firebase storage reliability
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/firebase-storage-reliability/11214
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [June 21, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/firebase-storage-reliability/11214 "2020-06-21T19:20:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@mthakershi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/mthakershi)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/firebase-storage-reliability/11214/1 "2020-06-21T19:20:39Z")
Is there a chance that a file referenced by my app in the firebase storage can get deleted by whatever reason and the link becomes orphaned?
Would it be worth copying a file to another storage (say s3) and maintaining a firebase URL to S3 URL mapping for redundancy purpose?
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### Author:  [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/firebase-storage-reliability/11214/2 "2021-03-01T17:54:20Z")
Yes, if you remove a link to the file, we will eventually delete it.
> [@new Image & File storage meter is live](https://community.glideapps.com/t/file-meter-is-finally-live/23603):
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> You can now see how much file & image data your app is storing on Glide servers: This is the total storage of Glide file links used in your app. Removing links to unused files should cause this meter to go down. Please look out for this meter and let us know if you notice anything that seems wrong. We are still not enforcing file storage quotas, but once this meter is stable, you will not be able to upload new files to your app if you are over your stor…