# Making use of added storage volumes

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**Created:** [Outubro 4, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-use-of-added-storage-volumes/51060 "2016-10-04T08:48:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [Agosto 25, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-use-of-added-storage-volumes/51060/13 "2017-08-25T20:08:59Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> That would definitely be my recommendation.

I would also recommend keeping docker images and containers on the volume, it seems to be holding up fine. (also, clearly backups)

Its pretty simple you symlink `/var/lib/docker` to `/mnt/volume/whatever`

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