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AWS Global Infrastructure

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Key Elements of AWS Global Infrastructure

  1. Region
  2. Availability Zone (AZ)
  3. Edge Locations

Relationship between regions, AZs, and edge locations

AWS Regions are physical locations around the world that are made up of Availability Zones. Edge Locations are located outside of AWS Regions and cache frequently accessed content.

Advantages

  1. High availability
    • capability of a system to operate continuously without failing.
  2. Agility
    • quickly adapt to changing requirements or market conditions
  3. Elasticity
    • ability of a system to scale resources up or down automatically in response to demand.

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