diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/logdetective01.fedorainfracloud.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/logdetective01.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
index a35decf6f8..26a0ff0d51 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/logdetective01.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/logdetective01.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   hosts: logdetective
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
-
+  vars:
+    drive_device: /dev/nvme1n1
   vars_files:
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
    - /srv/private/ansible/vars.yml
@@ -61,6 +62,58 @@
     ansible.builtin.reboot:
     when: cuda_installation.changed
 
+  - name: Verify presence of secondary drive
+    ansible.builtin.stat:
+      path: "{{ drive_device }}"
+    register: drive
+
+  - name: Ensure state of secondary drive
+    when: drive.stat.isblk and drive.stat.writeable
+    block:
+    - name: Ensure filesystem and format
+      community.general.filesystem:
+        dev: "{{ drive_device }}"
+        fstype: ext4
+        force: false # Explicit better than implicit
+
+    - name: Ensure mountpoint
+      ansible.builitin.file:
+        path: /mnt/srv
+        state: directory
+
+    - name: Mount the drive on boot
+      ansible.posix.mount:
+        src: "{{ drive_device }}"
+        boot: true
+        state: mounted
+        fstype: ext4
+
+  # Split for better readability
+  - name: Ensure cache directories on secondary drive
+    when: drive.stat.isblk and drive.stat.writeable
+    block:
+    - name: Create pip cache dir
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        state: directory
+        path: /mnt/srv/.cache/pip
+        mode: "0777"
+        recurse: true
+
+    - name: Set pip cache location to secondary drive
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        export PIP_CACHE_DIR=/mnt/srv/.cache/pip
+
+    - name: Create Hugging Face cache dir
+      ansible.bulitin.file:
+        state: directory
+        path: /mnt/srv/.cache/huggingface
+        mode: "0777"
+        recurse: true
+
+    - name: Set Hugging Face cache location to the secondary drive
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        export HUGGINGFACE_HUB_CACHE=/mnt/srv/.cache/huggingface
+
 # this should be set to ansible_hostname
 #  - name: "set hostname (required by some services, at least postfix need it)"
 #    hostname: name="{{copr_hostbase}}.cloud.fedoraproject.org"