# IPFS replication factor

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-replication-factor/479>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-replication-factor/479 "2017-05-23T00:21:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-replication-factor/479/1 "2017-05-23T00:21:31Z")

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_From @sciffer on Mon Jan 04 2016 20:41:54 GMT+0000 (UTC)_  
  
Does IPFS have builtin replication factor, so that I can be sure that all my files will be available even if a server of mine goes down?  
I would like to be able to have availability between a group of servers (without necessarily to query the files for caching - something more suitable for availability of the content itself regardless of caching and whether caching is emptied/overwritten).  
  
  
_Copied from original issue: [IPFS replication factor · Issue #89 · ipfs-inactive/faq · GitHub](https://github.com/ipfs/faq/issues/89)_

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**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-replication-factor/479/2 "2017-05-23T00:21:42Z")

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_From @lgierth on Tue Jan 05 2016 00:51:38 GMT+0000 (UTC)_  
  
It doesn’t at the moment, but the ipfs-cluster tool will offer various ways of pinning objects on multiple nodes: [https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/58](https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/58)

Let me know if you have more questions about this, or close the issue otherwise 🙂

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**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-replication-factor/479/3 "2017-05-23T00:21:48Z")

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_From @whyrusleeping on Tue Jan 05 2016 10:22:05 GMT+0000 (UTC)_  
  
see #8