# Hardware upgrade **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [May 8, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720 "2021-05-08T12:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bitpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/bitpaint/32/32_2.png) [@bitpaint](https://community.umbrel.com/u/bitpaint)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720/1 "2021-05-08T12:58:20Z")
Hello everybody, I’m actually running Umbrel on a Pi4, 4GB RAM and I’d like to switch to a 8GB… Is it possible to do this without closing all my channels? And what about a SSD upgrade? Same question… Thank you! Bitpaint. ---
**Author:** ![Vilas1979](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/vilas1979/32/336_2.png) [@Vilas1979](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Vilas1979)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720/2 "2021-05-09T10:38:16Z")
Same question, I think Raspberry switch will not be problem. But some cloning function of SSD like on myNode would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Vilas1979](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/vilas1979/32/336_2.png) [@Vilas1979](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Vilas1979)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720/4 "2021-05-09T19:04:28Z")
Is this possible under win? Clone ext4 ssd? ---
**Author:** ![floristotle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/floristotle/32/355_2.png) [@floristotle](https://community.umbrel.com/u/floristotle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720/7 "2021-07-04T15:28:06Z")
I hope someone can create I guide! 🥰 The 0.3.11 update ⬇ will probably motivate more people to upgrade. > [@Umbrel v0.3.11 is out with latest apps, hardware failure detection, and low RAM alerts](http://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-v0-3-11-is-out-with-latest-apps-hardware-failure-detection-and-low-ram-alerts/1363): > > [Update: Umbrel v0.3.12 was just released which fixes a bug in v0.3.11 that made Umbrel inaccessible over Tor] Umbrel v0.3.11 is out with the latest versions of Specter Desktop, ThunderHub, Sphinx Relay, Ride The Lightning, and LNbits in the Umbrel App Store, hardware failure detection, low RAM alerts, and stability improvements. Just login to your Umbrel to update! rocket Until now if there was ever an issue with your hardware, your Umbrel would simply become inaccessible… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lorax](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/the_lorax/32/847_2.png) [@The\_Lorax](https://community.umbrel.com/u/The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720/8 "2021-08-01T06:09:26Z")
Changing out the Pi itself will change nothing if you just migrate the SSD + the SD card. The SSD, you’ll need to do a disk image / clone the disk, which will require you to go down. I’m actually also trying to figure out how I can do it while the pi is running… with the SSD running. ---
**Author:** ![lukeonchain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@lukeonchain](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lukeonchain)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720/9 "2021-08-03T05:03:27Z")
mind clarifying why swapping out the SSD + microSD card will not be enough to upgrade RAM? (i already have 8GB just wondering for educational purposes how umbrel-os works). will the umbrel-os still only see 4GB ram because of the config-files/other-metadate previously written to either microSD or SSD from the initial run?