# Making use of added storage volumes

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-use-of-added-storage-volumes/51060>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [4 Ottobre 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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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [28 Aprile 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-use-of-added-storage-volumes/51060/9 "2017-04-28T15:59:29Z")

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You can:

- Clone discourse\_docker (usually `/var/discourse`) anywhere

- Point the shared folders to another file system (like on the linked topics)

- Change docker configs so `/var/docker/aufs` lands elsewhere.

This are the 3 changes that can be made to better use your disk space.

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