# How to store uploads with multiple web\_only servers?

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**Created:** [October 26, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-store-uploads-with-multiple-web-only-servers/168285 "2020-10-26T14:53:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-store-uploads-with-multiple-web-only-servers/168285/1 "2020-10-26T14:53:47Z")

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What is the recommended way to store uploads when using a split data/web\_only containers setup with multiple webserver containers? It can be done using the S3 upload support, but in [Setting up file and image uploads to s3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/24) it appears that S3 upload storage was not recommended some years ago (although that appears to have changed). So if I run multiple web\_only containers, how do I make sure they can all access the same upload files? I guess it can be done by storing the uploads on a shared NFS or other type of network mount / cluster filesystem. Is that supported? How does Meta do this (or do you just use S3)?

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