# Local + Internet synchronized Storage Servers? **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Created:** [February 27, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/local-internet-synchronized-storage-servers/72410 "2020-02-27T23:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ylluminate](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/ylluminate/32/15010_2.png) [@ylluminate](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/ylluminate)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/local-internet-synchronized-storage-servers/72410/1 "2020-02-27T23:03:53Z")
Can NextCloud be used to replace an aging Windows server for file sharing such that local users can access file storage via smb / cifs? Further, can a local server + Internet based server (such as with Linode) be set to synchronize with each other? We have a site that has a poor ISP with multiple outages a month. I’d like to set up a server onsite and a mirror on a hosted server like Linode that will allow local workers to still access the file shares as they would have via our Windows Server while having the benefits of a backup of everything on the Internet with the capability to share things in a Dropbox / CloudApp like fashion with anyone that may need to access files remotely and that may be shared. ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/local-internet-synchronized-storage-servers/72410/2 "2024-12-11T20:53:29Z")
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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/local-internet-synchronized-storage-servers/72410/3 "2024-12-11T20:53:31Z")