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Server synchronization, sometimes stylized in truncated form as “ServerSynchron...,” is the set of techniques used to maintain consistent data, state, and timing across multiple servers that form a distributed or replicated system. The goal is to ensure that all participating nodes reflect the same view of shared resources, despite network delays and failures.

Common approaches include data replication, where updates are propagated to other servers; this can be synchronous, requiring a confirmation before commits are acknowledged, or asynchronous, updating followers after the fact. Log shipping and streaming replication transfer change records to followers to rebuild or update their state. State synchronization may also employ CRDTs, which enable concurrent edits without centralized coordination, or traditional eventual consistency models that converge over time.

Time and order are important in many systems. Time synchronization uses protocols such as NTP and PTP to align clocks, while logical clocks or vector clocks help establish the order of events when actual time is imperfect. Consensus algorithms like Paxos or Raft are used to agree on a single state among a group of servers, enabling reliable leadership election and fault tolerance in distributed databases and services.

Key challenges include latency, network partitions, and the trade-offs among consistency, availability, and partition tolerance described by the CAP theorem. Conflict resolution, idempotent operations, monitoring, and security considerations such as authentication of updates and protection against replay attacks are important for robustness.

Applications span cloud services, databases, distributed file systems, and disaster recovery schemes. Effective server synchronization improves data integrity, user experience, and resilience in modern distributed architectures.