# Should I add CDN despite my server is close to my users?

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**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-add-cdn-despite-my-server-is-close-to-my-users/170974 "2020-11-23T03:38:44Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-add-cdn-despite-my-server-is-close-to-my-users/170974/2 "2020-11-23T04:13:43Z")

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Only way to find out is test 🙂

Not expecting any major advantages, but a CDN will reduce some of the load on your application server. Also you may have multiple POPs in South Korea so you would possibly serve the files closer to the end users if you pick the right CDN.

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