AWS Global Infrastructure

Question 1

What is an AWS Region? (3 points)

Answer 1

• Contains Multiple AZs
• Resilient and Scalable Environment
• Worldwide locations (NA, SA, Europe, China, South Africa & Middle East)

Question 2

What are AWS Availability Zones? (4 points)

Answer 2

• Isolated Data Centers within a Region
• Independent power, cooling & networking.
• Low latency links between AZs
• Enhances fault tolerance and disaster recovery.

Question 3

What are AWS Local Zones? (3 points)

Answer 3

• Extensions of Regions near metropolitan areas.
• Low-latency access for applications.
• Used for real-time gaming, media, video streaming, ML inference.

Question 4

What are AWS Edge Locations? (4 points)

Answer 4

• Data centers for Content Delivery Network.
• Reduce latency, and optimize content delivery.
• Caches content via Amazon CloudFront.
• Uses: Media, web, and API acceleration.

Question 5

What are AWS Regional Edge Caches? (3 points)

Answer 5

• Larger caches between services and Edge Locations.
• Improve content delivery efficiency.
• Reduces origin server load, enhances performance

Question 6

What are AWS Wavelength Zones? (3 points)

Answer 6

• Extends AWS to 5G networks.
• Ultra-low latency for mobile and connected devices.
• Uses: Real-time apps, smart cities, AR/VR

Question 7

What are AWS Outposts?

Answer 7

• AWS infrastructure on-premises
• Hybrid cloud experience for local processing.
• Runs AWS services locally, and integrates with cloud.
• Uses: Healthcare, Manufacturing and Finance.