Geographic Availability Flashcards
Region
Geographic Availability
Geographic location containing cluster of AWS datacenters
Geographic Availability
Naming convention
Region
us-east-1 is US East in N. Virginia
Region
Region scoped
Region
Service usage in one region is isolated to that region
Region
Global scope
Region
Service that is not scoped to a region
Region
Compliance
Region selection choice
Keep data in legal boundary
Region selection choice
Proximity
Region selection choice
Lower latency for users
Region selection choice
Available services
Region selection choice
Some services or new features are not available in every region
Region selection choice
Pricing
Region selection choice
pricing may vary across regions
Region selection choice
AZ
Region
Availability Zone
Discrete cluster of datacenters in a region
Region
Redundancy
AZ
Multiple AZs provide redundancy
AZ
Edge Location
Geographic Availability
Endpoint of CDN
Geographic Availability
CDN
Geographic Availability
Content delivery network
Serves content to user from closest location
Geographic Availability
Services that use Edge locations
Geographic Availability
Global services
Geographic Availability
Geographic location containing cluster of AWS datacenters
Geographic Availability
Region
Geographic Availability
us-east-1 is US East in N. Virginia
Region
Naming convention
Region