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I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried swapping out the SSD in their Bitcoin Machine. The umbrel comes with either 1TB or 2TB models. I've been thinking, has anyone upgraded to a bigger SSD yet? I've heard it’s just a matter of popping off the case and swapping the 1TB for something larger.
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what is the umbrel bitcoin machine
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found it.
here is some free advice it has a shit rasp pi why put in an expensive ssd ?
get a real pc from lenovo or hp run a node that way.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/255566782362?
add an ssd and ram and you have a far superior node.
to answer your question.
I cloned a 512gb to a 1 tb in my apollo node and it works fine
my apollo runs a standard node and mines but it can do a ln
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Not with the pre-bult one but I did replace the one in my umbrel box.
Just pulled the old SSD and did a dd https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dd-command-linux/ to the newer larger one and then ran gparted to resize the partitions.
DO MANY BACKUPS OF YOUR LN AND WALLET ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE FINE ANYTIME YOU MANIPULATE DRIVES BAD THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
If you have no funds in it then it's probably a bit less worrying since if something goes wrong all you loose is the time to re-download everything.
-Dave
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If you bought or own 2 TB SDD then you can remove old one and insert the source drive into slot 1 and the target drive into slot 2.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07429D73L/?tag=ricksdailytips-20
it may take some time and it is better to back-up it, if any errors happen.
If you plan to buy then new laptop and add SSD to it.
it will not effect your minning speed but power and boot time.
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Thanks guys. The Umbrel Bitcoin Machine is my second node. I like the look of it. I got the 1TB so it's currently at 590GB. At some point, I will have to obviously replace the drive. Was just curious if anyone has done it yet. I still have a few years left. I do have another node that I run on a computer that will run for a very long time.