# How to upgrade Raspberry Pi 4 GB to 8 GB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [August 1, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-upgrade-raspberry-pi-4-gb-to-8-gb/2285 "2021-08-01T16:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ali2k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ali2k/32/381_2.png) [@Ali2k](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ali2k)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-upgrade-raspberry-pi-4-gb-to-8-gb/2285/1 "2021-08-01T16:21:18Z")
Do I just have to shutdown the node, unplug, move the microSD card over to the “RPi 8gb”, turn on, then put it back together again? ---
**Author:** ![biglebowski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/biglebowski/32/925_2.png) [@biglebowski](https://community.umbrel.com/u/biglebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-upgrade-raspberry-pi-4-gb-to-8-gb/2285/2 "2021-08-02T06:58:20Z")
Hello Ali2k, I saw the same question answered last week on twitter, but can’t find it now. Also found this topic: > [@Hardware upgrade](http://community.umbrel.com/t/hardware-upgrade/720): > > 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:** ![jackgopack4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jackgopack4](https://community.umbrel.com/u/jackgopack4)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-upgrade-raspberry-pi-4-gb-to-8-gb/2285/3 "2021-08-14T15:26:26Z")
Found Mayank’s response [here](https://twitter.com/mayankdotch/status/1413556470491193348?s=20) Yes it’s as simple as shutting down, and swapping out the board since the OS is on the SD card and the blockchain is on the SSD.