Global Infrastructure and Reliability Flashcards
AWS Region
- a large group of datacenters - close to business traffic demands (Paris, Tokyo, etc.)
- multiple datacenters in each region
- compute, storage, and everything that is needed
How are regions connected?
With high-speed fiber network
Regional Data Sovereignity
each is isolated, so that no data leaves the region without the user’s explicit premission
Factors in choosing a region
- compliance requirements
- proximity to customers
- feature availability
- pricing
Availability Zone
a datacenter or a group of datacenters with redundant power, network, connectivity
Availability Zone vs. Region
- a region is not one location
- a region consists of availablity zones
Regionally scoped services
They run in all Availablity Zones, e.g. ELB
How are Availablity Zones located in a region?
- tens of miles apart
- close enough to have low latency
- far enough for one to not be affected by a disaster in another one
Types of Edge Locations
- Amazon Cloud Front
- Amazon Outposts
What is an edge location?
A part of Content Delivery Network, separate from regions, caching copies of data closer to customers.
Runs Amazon Cloud Front and Amazon Route 53 (DNS).
What is Amazon Cloud Front
A part of the Content Delivery Network in edge locations.
What are Amazon Outposts
fully operational mini-region inside a private datacenter - owned and managed by AWS, but isolated.
Tools for provisioning AWS resources
- Management Console (web UI)
- CLI
- SDKs
- other, e.g. Cloud Formation
What are APIs used for?
to provision, configure, and interact with resources
AWS Management Console uses
- to get started
- to test deploy
- to monitor
