AWS 10,000 Foot Overview

AWS Global Infrastructure

Availability Zone

• Think of an Availability Zone as a Data Center

  • A Data Center is just a building filled with Servers!

• An Availability Zone may be several data centers, but because they are so close together, they are counted as 1 Availability Zone

Region

• A Geographical area

• Each Region consists of 2 (or more) Availability Zones

• US East (N. Virginia) is the region where all the new services come out!

Edge Locations

• Edge Locations are endpoints for AWS which are used for caching content

• There are many more Edge Locations than Regions

• Currently there are 205 Edge Locations

What to Know to Pass Solutions Architect Exam

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