Answers.Body: <p>Please refer to CiviCRM documentation, section on installation here <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest</a>, CiviCRM database is stored on your hard drive or local network depending on your setup</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You can install CiviCRM either on a local server or on a web server off-premise ("the cloud") - off-premise is more common, but not the only option.  Note that CiviCRM is web-based software, like WordPress - so you need a web server to run it on.  Unless you maintain a server yourself, cloud-based is a much simpler option.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Maybe I'm just not looking on the correct pages for this issue.  Once I download and set up a CiviCRM database, is the actual data saved to a cloud?  Or, can I save it all to me local drive or network?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks, G</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It seems not a matter of civicrm as an installable CMS driven CRM system where you store your DBs. Please clarify.
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ThreadText: # Cloud-based or local network storage
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-11)
  
  Maybe I'm just not looking on the correct pages for this issue. Once I download and set up a CiviCRM database, is the actual data saved to a cloud? Or, can I save it all to me local drive or network?
  
  Thanks, G
  
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  > **username_1**: It seems not a matter of civicrm as an installable CMS driven CRM system where you store your DBs. Please clarify.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-09-11. Score: 1
  
  Please refer to CiviCRM documentation, section on installation here <https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest>, CiviCRM database is stored on your hard drive or local network depending on your setup
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-09-12. Score: 1
  
  You can install CiviCRM either on a local server or on a web server off-premise ("the cloud") - off-premise is more common, but not the only option. Note that CiviCRM is web-based software, like WordPress - so you need a web server to run it on. Unless you maintain a server yourself, cloud-based is a much simpler option.
  
  
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