[id='cross-site-backups_{context}']
= {brandname} cache backups

{brandname} caches include a `backups` configuration that let you name remote sites as backup locations.

For example, the following diagram shows three caches, "customers", "eu-orders", and "us-orders":

image::xsite-caches.svg[]

* In **LON**, "customers" names **NYC** as a backup location.
* In **NYC**, "customers" names **LON** as a backup location.
* "eu-orders" and "us-orders" do not have backups and are local to the respective cluster.
