A Refined Storage network keeps items on storage disks. The 
Controller powers everything, the 
Disk Drive holds the disks, and the 
Grid shows all stored items in one searchable list. This page builds the smallest useful network with the recipes of Refined Storage 2.0 (Minecraft 1.21.1).
1. Materials
Most parts start with 
Quartz Enriched Iron (iron ingots and nether quartz). Processors are crafted raw, then smelted; 
Silicon is smelted from nether quartz.
Iron Ingot#c:ingots/ironIron Ingot#c:ingots/ironIron Ingot#c:ingots/iron
Nether Quartz#c:gems/quartz3 × any Iron Ingot + any Nether Quartz → 4 × Quartz Enriched Iron
any Nether Quartz → Silicon
2 × any String + any Slimeball → 8 × Processor Binding
Iron Ingot#c:ingots/ironSilicon#c:silicon
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstone
Processor Binding + any Iron Ingot + any Silicon + any Redstone Dust → Raw Basic Processor
Raw Basic Processor → Basic Processor
8 × Quartz Enriched Iron + any Andesite (#c:stones) → Machine Casing
2. The network
Tap or click a block to see what it is.
Place the Controller and connect a Forge Energy generator from another mod to any side of it (Refined Storage has no generator of its own). Its buffer holds 1,000 FE.
A Cable leads to the Disk Drive. Put a Storage Disk into one of its 8 slots — the 1k disk holds 1,024 items.
Another Cable leads to the Grid. Once the network has power the Grid lights up; open it to see, search, take out and put in everything that is stored.
An Importer facing a chest pulls the chest's items into the network, one item about every 9 ticks without upgrades. It connects to the Disk Drive next to it; no cable needed.
Materials 6 kinds · 7 items
- Controllerstep 1×1
- Cablestep 2×2
- Disk Drivestep 2×1
- Gridstep 3×1
- Cheststep 4×1
- Importerstep 4×1
The layer plan appears with the 3D view.
- Place the Controller and connect a generator from another mod: Refined Storage has none of its own, and the controller takes Forge Energy on any side. Its buffer holds 1,000 FE.
- Run
Cable to a Disk Drive and put a 
1k Storage Disk into it. The drive has 8 disk slots. - Cable on to a Grid: with power it lights up. Open it to see, search, take out and put in everything stored.
- Optional: an
Importer facing a chest pulls the chest's items into the network. It connects to the drive next to it without a cable.
On our test server the grid turned active as soon as the controller had energy; the whole network drew about 24 FE per tick; and the importer moved 1,024 cobblestone into the 1k disk — about one item every 9 ticks — and then stopped because the disk was full.
4 × Quartz Enriched Iron + Advanced Processor + 3 × any Silicon + Machine Casing → Controller
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstoneAny #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
6 × Quartz Enriched Copper + 2 × any Glass (#c:glass_blocks) + any Redstone Dust → 12 × Cable
6 × Quartz Enriched Iron + any Ender Chest (#c:chests) + Machine Casing + Advanced Processor → Disk Drive
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
2 × Improved Processor + Construction Core + 3 × any Glass (#c:glass_blocks) + Quartz Enriched Iron + Machine Casing + Destruction Core → Grid
Cable + Destruction Core + Improved Processor → Importer
3. Disks and their sizes
A disk is a 
Storage Housing with a storage part. The sizes are powers of two — a 1k disk holds 1,024 items (counted on our test server), the others as named in the mod's code:
| Item disk | Items | Fluid disk | Buckets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1k Storage Disk | 1,024 | 64B Fluid Storage Disk | 64 |
| 4k Storage Disk | 4,096 | 256B Fluid Storage Disk | 256 |
| 16k Storage Disk | 16,384 | 1024B Fluid Storage Disk | 1,024 |
| 64k Storage Disk | 65,536 | 4096B Fluid Storage Disk | 4,096 |
Silicon#c:siliconSilicon#c:siliconAny #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstoneAny #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Silicon#c:siliconAny #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Silicon#c:silicon
4 × any Silicon + Quartz Enriched Iron + 3 × any Glass (#c:glass_blocks) + any Redstone Dust → 1k Storage Part
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstoneAny #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstoneRedstone Dust#c:dusts/redstone2 × any Glass (#c:glass_blocks) + 3 × any Redstone Dust + 3 × Quartz Enriched Iron → Storage Housing
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstoneAny #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Redstone Dust#c:dusts/redstoneRedstone Dust#c:dusts/redstone2 × any Glass (#c:glass_blocks) + 3 × any Redstone Dust + 1k Storage Part + 3 × Quartz Enriched Iron → 1k Storage Disk
Storage Housing + 1k Storage Part → 1k Storage Disk
1k Storage Disk + 4k Storage Part → 4k Storage Disk
1k Storage Block) is the same storage as a disk, placed as a block on the network — no disk drive needed.How much energy each device needs: Refined Storage Energy Use.