# Can I add disks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [May 1, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-i-add-disks/16786 "2024-05-01T18:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![charona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@charona](https://community.umbrel.com/u/charona)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-i-add-disks/16786/1 "2024-05-01T18:47:46Z")
I’d like to install Umbrel 1.1 on the internal small M.2 SSD of my NUC, and then later add an external 1 TB disk for Bitcoin, and a 4TB disk for Plex, and maybe more. How do I do this? ---
**Author:** ![loa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@loa](https://community.umbrel.com/u/loa)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-i-add-disks/16786/2 "2024-05-01T19:58:07Z")
I’m sure you can, maybe try this: > [@How to run Umbrel apps from an external disk](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-run-umbrel-apps-from-an-external-disk/12787): > > Are you experiencing sluggish performance on your Umbrel? I encountered a similar issue with my ASUS VC60, equipped with 8GB of RAM and an early-generation i7 processor. Although the OS (Ubuntu 22) was running smoothly and quickly on my NVME drive (adapted to SATA 2.5 with an adapter), the problem arose when I realized my 1TB external disk was a mechanical drive rather than an SSD. Its sluggish speed made it impossible to access the Umbrel node from other devices, especially during blockchain sy… If you using the newest umbrel version, inside settings - advanced settings there is a way for you to open the commands terminal. ---
**Author:** ![charona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@charona](https://community.umbrel.com/u/charona)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-i-add-disks/16786/3 "2024-05-02T06:31:11Z")
Thanks. Worth a try, but I fear that any future Umbrel updates will mess this up. Would be nice if Umbrel made a way to overrule the default data dir for each app, allowing us to add a large top-reliable disk for bitcoin, and a huge cheap disk for Plex - things like that. I can’t be the only one who would like this, right? ---
**Author:** ![Coconudox](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/coconudox/32/6249_2.png) [@Coconudox](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Coconudox)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/can-i-add-disks/16786/4 "2024-08-26T11:01:36Z")
Tendrían que agregar esa característica de manera nativa en el sitema urgentemente !! Porfavor