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# Sharing Experiments

There are two types of remotes that can store experiments. Git remotes are
distributed copies of the Git repository, for example on GitHub or GitLab.

[DVC remotes](/doc/command-reference/remote) on the other hand are
storage-specific locations (e.g. Amazon S3 or Google Drive) which we can
configure with `dvc remote`. DVC uses them to store and fetch large files that
don't normally fit inside Git repos.

DVC needs both kinds of remotes for backing up and sharing experiments.
Two types of _remotes_ are needed to upload experiments for sharing.
[Git remotes](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Working-with-Remotes)
are distributed copies of the Git repository, hosted for example on GitHub or
GitLab. [DVC remotes](/doc/command-reference/remote) on the other hand are data
storage locations (e.g. Amazon S3 or Google Drive). You can use them to back up
and [share](/doc/use-cases/sharing-data-and-model-files) large files and
directories that don't normally fit inside Git repos.

Experiment files that are normally tracked in Git (like code versions) are
shared using Git remotes, and files or directories tracked with DVC (like
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