# Switch to another Disk

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-another-disk/31184>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 19, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-another-disk/31184 "2015-07-19T15:04:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ikbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ikbear/32/104349_2.png) [@ikbear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ikbear)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-another-disk/31184/1 "2015-07-19T15:04:08Z")

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By using a Cloud VM, the default disk is too small (20GB for System), I want to move my Discourse to another disk. Is there any system admin tutorial for this?

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**Author:** ![nahtnam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nahtnam/32/122073_2.png) [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-another-disk/31184/2 "2015-07-19T18:42:38Z")

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No, but IMO you should try hosting your assests on s3 if you only have 20gigs of VM space.

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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-another-disk/31184/3 "2015-07-19T18:44:14Z")

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It’s typically easier to take a backup, set up a new system with your desired setup (a larger disk), and perform a restore on the new server.

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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switch-to-another-disk/31184/4 "2015-07-20T08:34:34Z")

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