# Store on HDD, run on SSD?

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/store-on-hdd-run-on-ssd/5768>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** devops-administration\
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/store-on-hdd-run-on-ssd/5768 "2021-04-10T13:17:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wormball](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/wormball/32/2276_2.png) [@wormball](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/wormball)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/store-on-hdd-run-on-ssd/5768/1 "2021-04-10T13:17:09Z")

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Hello!

Our server has only 1.5 tb ssd so it can store only about 4 runs of our workflow. And there is a plan to use it by multiple users, so it will turn into perpetual struggle for the disk space. But there are some other servers with no ssd but with some space on hdd. Is there a way to automatically copy the input files onto the ssd, run and move results to the hdd?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_van\_Heusden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/peter_van_heusden/32/824_2.png) [@Peter\_van\_Heusden](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Peter_van_Heusden)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/store-on-hdd-run-on-ssd/5768/2 "2021-04-11T15:45:26Z")

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It sounds like you want `job_working_directory` and perhaps `new_file_path` on SSD and `file_path` on HDD in your `galaxy.ini`.

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**Author:** ![wormball](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/wormball/32/2276_2.png) [@wormball](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/wormball)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/store-on-hdd-run-on-ssd/5768/3 "2021-04-12T15:34:00Z")

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Thanks Peter, i will try that.