# Different S3 Region for Backups and Media

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-s3-region-for-backups-and-media/106348>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 12, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-s3-region-for-backups-and-media/106348 "2019-01-12T10:31:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-s3-region-for-backups-and-media/106348/3 "2019-01-12T11:21:22Z")

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Why does it matter? Have a policy to copy files to glacier or a different S3 region after the files arrive on S3, if you need that kind of redundancy.

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