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# Repository storage **(FREE SELF)**
-> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/4578) in GitLab 8.10.
-
GitLab stores [repositories](../user/project/repository/index.md) on repository storage. Repository
storage is either:
- A `gitaly_address`, which points to a [Gitaly node](gitaly/index.md).
-- A `path`, which points directly a directory where the repositories are stored. This method is
+- A `path`, which points directly to the directory where the repositories are stored. This method is
deprecated and [scheduled to be removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/1690) in
GitLab 14.0.
@@ -142,8 +140,9 @@ Omnibus stores the repositories in a `repositories` subdirectory of the `git-dat
After you [configure](#configure-repository-storage-paths) multiple repository storage paths, you
can choose where new repositories are stored:
-1. Go to the Admin Area (**{admin}**).
-1. Go to **Settings > Repository** and expand the **Repository storage** section.
+1. On the top bar, select **Menu >** **{admin}** **Admin**.
+1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Repository** and expand the **Repository storage**
+ section.
1. Enter values in the **Storage nodes for new repositories** fields.
1. Select **Save changes**.
@@ -156,5 +155,5 @@ often it is chosen. That is, `(storage weight) / (sum of all weights) * 100 = ch
## Move repositories
-To move a repository to a different repository path, use the same process as
-[migrating to Gitaly Cluster](gitaly/praefect.md#migrate-to-gitaly-cluster).
+To move a repository to a different repository storage (for example, from `default` to `storage2`), use the
+same process as [migrating to Gitaly Cluster](gitaly/praefect.md#migrate-to-gitaly-cluster).