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Is there any way to host 3 identical file servers in 3 different locations, and have clients automatically connect to whichever one is closest? (alien.top)

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Im wanting to replicate the files on my home server to my server at my business and a VPS. Then have it setup in a way where my laptop, iphone, etc... will automatically connect to whichever server is closest or fastest. Clearly the servers would sync amongst themselves so they all 3 stay up to date.

Is this even possible?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Look into dns loadbalancing. Closest would be "first to respond" which correlates to latency to server (fastest connection) and maybe load on the server.