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# remoteStorageBuffer

The buffer on another GPU that the buffer was created from, if any.

```
var remoteStorageBuffer: (any MTLBuffer)? { get }
```

## Discussion

If the value of this property is non-`nil`, it contains a reference to the [`MTLBuffer`](/documentation/Metal/MTLBuffer) instance that created this buffer. If the buffer isn’t a remote view, the value of this property is `nil`.

You can use remote views only as a source for copy commands encoded by an [`MTLBlitCommandEncoder`](/documentation/Metal/MTLBlitCommandEncoder).

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