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1 | 1 | # Storage Regions on the Hub |
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3 | | -Regions let you decide where your org's models and datasets will be stored. |
| 3 | +Regions allow you to specify where your organization's models and datasets are stored. |
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5 | 5 | <Tip warning={true}> |
6 | 6 | This feature is part of the <a href="https://huggingface.co/enterprise" target="_blank">Enterprise Hub</a>. |
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9 | | -This has two main benefits: |
| 9 | +This offers two key benefits: |
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11 | 11 | - Regulatory and legal compliance |
12 | | -- Performance (improved download and upload speeds and latency) |
| 12 | +- Performance (faster download/upload speeds and lower latency) |
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14 | | -Currently we support the following regions: |
| 14 | +Currently available regions: |
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16 | 16 | - US 🇺🇸 |
17 | 17 | - EU 🇪🇺 |
18 | | -- coming soon: Asia-Pacific 🌏 |
| 18 | +- Coming soon: Asia-Pacific 🌏 |
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20 | 20 | ## How to set up |
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22 | | -If your organization is subscribed to Enterprise Hub, you will be able to see the Regions settings page: |
| 22 | +Organizations subscribed to Enterprise Hub can access the Regions settings page: |
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26 | | -On that page you can see: |
| 26 | +This page displays: |
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28 | | -- an audit of where your organization repos are currently located |
29 | | -- dropdowns to select where your repos will be created |
| 28 | +- An audit of your organization's repository locations |
| 29 | +- Options to select where new repositories will be stored |
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31 | 31 | ## Repository Tag |
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33 | | -Any repo (model or dataset) stored in a non-default location will display its Region directly as a tag. That way your organization's members can see at a glance where repos are located. |
| 33 | +Any repository (model or dataset) stored in a non-default location displays its Region as a tag, allowing organization members to quickly identify repository locations. |
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35 | 35 | <div class="flex justify-center"> |
36 | 36 | <img class="block" width="400" src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/hub/storage-regions/tag-on-repo.png"/> |
37 | 37 | </div> |
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39 | 39 | ## Regulatory and legal compliance |
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41 | | -In regulated industries, companies may be required to store data in a specific region. |
| 41 | +Regulated industries often require data storage in specific regions. |
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43 | | -For companies in the EU, that means you can use the Hub to build ML in a GDPR compliant way: with datasets, models and inference endpoints all stored within EU data centers. |
| 43 | +For EU companies, this means you can use the Hub for ML development in a GDPR-compliant manner, with datasets, models and inference endpoints stored in EU data centers. |
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45 | 45 | ## Performance |
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47 | | -Storing your models or your datasets closer to your team and infrastructure also means significantly improved performance, for both uploads and downloads. |
| 47 | +Storing models and datasets closer to your team and infrastructure significantly improves performance for both uploads and downloads. |
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49 | | -This makes a big difference considering model weights and dataset files are usually very large. |
| 49 | +This impact is substantial given the typically large size of model weights and dataset files. |
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53 | | -As an example, if you are located in Europe and store your repositories in the EU region, you can expect to see ~4-5x faster upload and download speeds vs. if they were stored in the US. |
| 53 | +For example, European users storing repositories in the EU region can expect approximately 4-5x faster upload and download speeds compared to US storage. |
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