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Hi,
I have a 2-bay NAS and put the TOS 6 onto one SSD. Now I want some apps/Docker from the store to enhance the functionality with this device. Normaly the apps get installed to Volume 1, which are the 2 HDD'S. For me this behavior makes not much sense instead of having the apps and docker on the ssd. I do not know how the achive it. Looks like it's not the wish of Terramaster to get it handled this way.?
Does anyone know how to get apps and docker installed onto system-ssd-disk (and let the HDD sleep until its needed)? I mean space is enough on the ssd - is partitioning a way?

thanks in advance

Before installing the APP, you can set the APP installation directory in the APP Center. If your purpose is to make more HDDs enter hibernation, it is recommended that you also restore Volume2 in Control Panel - Shared Folders - Advanced Settings (treating Volume2 as the main volume on which the system relies for operation). However, doing so will relocate the home directory and public directory back to Volume2, so you may need to consider backing up and migrating the data on home directory and public from Volume1.

TMzethar wrote: ↑28 Sep 2025, 19:50 Before installing the APP, you can set the APP installation directory in the APP Center. If your purpose is to make more HDDs enter hibernation, it is recommended that you also restore Volume2 in Control Panel - Shared Folders - Advanced Settings (treating Volume2 as the main volume on which the system relies for operation). However, doing so will relocate the home directory and public directory back to Volume2, so you may need to consider backing up and migrating the data on home directory and public from Volume1.

Sorry, it seems like we're talking at cross-purposes. I used one SSD as the system disk to have a fast system and so that the disks don't always have to spin just to do things in the system. The second SSD is set up as a hypercache to speed up read/write operations with the disks.
Now I want to install apps/Docker apps, and I want them on the SSD too. I thought they would automatically go to the system drive (SSD in my case), but that doesn't seem to be the case. Also, when installing Docker, for example, I'm not asked where I want to install it. Well, there's only Volume 1.

memnon69 wrote: ↑07 Oct 2025, 02:39

Applications are installed on the primary volume by default.

Before proceeding, please confirm your operating system version.

If you need to install a Docker application on an SSD, you can create a storage pool and volume using the remaining space on the SSD, provided that the SSD is not used to create a multi-disk array in addition to being used as a system drive.

You can view and configure the application installation location in Settings in the App Center.