# Exceeding ICP Canister Storage Limits

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**Category:** Programs & Applications\
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/exceeding-icp-canister-storage-limits/10519 "2022-01-27T11:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulyoung](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/paulyoung/32/5251_2.png) [@paulyoung](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/paulyoung)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/exceeding-icp-canister-storage-limits/10519/7 "2022-01-31T22:06:07Z")

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I think this might help.

> [@OpenChat: A Truly Decentralized Alternative to WhatsApp](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/openchat-a-truly-decentralized-alternative-to-whatsapp/4823/11):
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> We run a Rust program to install / upgrade canisters. Good timing though… we’ve just this second made the OpenStorage repo public! This is the system we use to store files sent in OpenChat and we install / upgrade canisters using essentially the same technique here as in OpenChat. See here - [open-storage/utils.rs at main · open-ic/open-storage · GitHub](https://github.com/open-ic/open-storage/blob/main/backend/libraries/canister_client/src/utils.rs#L81)

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