# Server sync

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-sync/754834>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-sync/754834 "2021-11-01T23:55:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Roby\_Beaudoin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/roby_beaudoin/32/24219_2.png) [@Roby\_Beaudoin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Roby_Beaudoin)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-sync/754834/1 "2021-11-01T23:55:56Z")

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It would be great if we can automatically sync 2 Plex servers that are located in two different location.  
It would give us an entire backup in case of computer problems, fire or theft of our server.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-sync/754834/2 "2021-11-02T00:00:02Z")

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There’s a number of existing suggestions addressing this. I suggest you comment/vote in those existing threads in order to avoid distracting/dispersing votes.

> [@\[Feature Request\] Server to Server Sync](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-server-to-server-sync/136879):
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> I did a search and so far haven’t seen this one. I have a friend who lives in Africa and she doesn’t have enough BW to stream from my server but her boy friend set up a Plex server on an old laptop and they can afford Plex Pass. Could we enable shared libraries to be synced from server to server? There would have to be some sort of sanity to the sync, maybe a throttle mechanic or/and a time period where it can go crazy and use all the BW and then throttle back down when people would be awake. …

[https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-db-sync-between-two-servers-or-more/389683](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-db-sync-between-two-servers-or-more/389683)

Therefore closing this thread as a duplicate.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/server-sync/754834/3 "2021-11-02T00:00:06Z")

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Archived on November 2, 2021, 12:00am UTC

2021 clean-up: duplicate
