# 2TB External SSD as primary

**URL:** https://community.umbrel.com/t/2tb-external-ssd-as-primary/24849
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 3, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/2tb-external-ssd-as-primary/24849 "2026-03-03T19:05:31Z")
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### Author: ![RodB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/rodb/32/7818_2.png) [@RodB](https://community.umbrel.com/u/RodB)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/2tb-external-ssd-as-primary/24849/2 "2026-03-04T01:01:48Z")

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How are you with Unix Terminal Commands?

> [@Pointer for how to get an external SSD set up?](https://community.umbrel.com/t/pointer-for-how-to-get-an-external-ssd-set-up/24768/3):
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> How are you with Unix CLI Commands with the umbrelOS? You would need to either mount the 2nd drive where you want the storage to be, like I do: /dev/nvme1n1 1.8T 890G 851G 52% /home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/bitcoin Or use a symbolic link to get the data where you want it. Which I do for some other apps: umbrel@umbrel PROD:~/umbrel/app-data$ ls -l ~/umbrel/app-data/retro-mike-\* lrwxrwxrwx 1 umbrel umbrel 72 Jan 23 22:56 /home/umbrel/umbrel/app-data/retro-mike-bc2-node → /home/umbrel/u…

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