# SD Card

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/sd-card/624>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/sd-card/624 "2011-08-09T18:56:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Smyth](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thomas\_Smyth](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Thomas_Smyth)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/sd-card/624/1 "2011-08-09T18:56:28Z")

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Just making sure: does ODK /need/ an SD card to function? What's it's  
storage footprint assuming no hefty multimedia? We just got a load of  
forms with no SD cards and I'm wondering we need to buy a bunch.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/sd-card/624/2 "2011-08-09T20:23:59Z")

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yes, you need an sdcard. we store everything there.

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> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:56, Thomas Smyth wrote: \> Just making sure: does ODK /need/ an SD card to function? What's it's \> storage footprint assuming no hefty multimedia? We just got a load of \> forms with no SD cards and I'm wondering we need to buy a bunch. \> Thanks. \>