# Issues with Pushing/Pulling Data from Local Remote

**URL:** <https://discuss.dvc.org/t/issues-with-pushing-pulling-data-from-local-remote/2495>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/issues-with-pushing-pulling-data-from-local-remote/2495 "2025-03-30T22:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![habib-atlasied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dfb087/32.png) [@habib-atlasied](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/habib-atlasied)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/issues-with-pushing-pulling-data-from-local-remote/2495/1 "2025-03-30T22:26:01Z")

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Hi all,

Our team has access to a server with 8 terabytes of storage available on a mounted drive. We connect to this server via SSH to download data and run our machine learning workflows.

I’m currently setting up DVC to use a specific directory on the server (e.g., `/mnt/raid/datasets`) as a remote storage location. The idea is to treat this directory like a local DVC remote, allowing us to push and pull data using DVC, and use Git alongside it to track dataset changes.

Here’s the issue I’m running into:

- I set up a local DVC remote pointing to `/mnt/raid/datasets`
- I create a new data file, then run `dvc add` and commit the generated `.dvc` file with Git
- However, when I run `dvc push`, the data does **not** appear in the remote directory
- Similarly, `dvc pull` does **not** bring data into my working directory from the remote

Am I misunderstanding how local DVC remotes are supposed to work? Or is there something I might be missing in the configuration or usage?

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**Author:** ![shcheklein](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discuss.dvc.org/shcheklein/32/173_2.png) [@shcheklein](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/shcheklein)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/issues-with-pushing-pulling-data-from-local-remote/2495/2 "2025-03-31T22:26:50Z")

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No, you understanding is correct. Do you see any files / directories at all in the `/mnt/raid/datasets`?

Could you run a few commands and share their output: `dvc version`, `dvc remote list`, `dvc config -l`? Also do `dvc push -v` to see verbose output.