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The document discusses AWS global infrastructure which includes AWS regions, availability zones, and edge locations. AWS regions are comprised of multiple data centers located in geographic areas. Availability zones are one or more data centers located in an AWS region to provide redundancy. Edge locations are nodes of a global content delivery network that allow AWS to serve content from locations closest to users. The summary provides an overview of the key elements of AWS global infrastructure discussed in the document.

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Aws Global Infrastructure Slides

The document discusses AWS global infrastructure which includes AWS regions, availability zones, and edge locations. AWS regions are comprised of multiple data centers located in geographic areas. Availability zones are one or more data centers located in an AWS region to provide redundancy. Edge locations are nodes of a global content delivery network that allow AWS to serve content from locations closest to users. The summary provides an overview of the key elements of AWS global infrastructure discussed in the document.

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AWS Global Infrastructure

David Tucker
TECHNICAL ARCHITECT & CTO CONSULTANT
@_davidtucker_ davidtucker.net
Regions
AWS Global
Availability Zones
Infrastructure
Edge Locations
Reviewing the three elements of the
AWS global infrastructure
Overview Understanding the use of AWS Regions
Understanding Availability Zones within
AWS Regions
Reviewing the purpose of Edge
Locations
Utilizing the AWS global infrastructure
visualization
AWS Regions and Availability Zones
Each region is in a specific geographic
location
AWS Regions Each geographic location has a cluster
of data centers
AWS currently has 22 launched regions
AWS Regions
Consists of one or more data centers
Multiple availability zones are included
with each AWS Region

Availability Located within the geographic area of


the AWS Region
Zones Redundant power, networking and
connectivity
There are currently 69 availability
zones globally
US AWS REGIONS

REGION AVAILABILITY ZONE


Availability
Extent to which an application is fulfilling its intended
business purpose. Applications that are highly-available
are built in a manner where a single failure won’t lessen
the application’s ability to be fully operational.
Region and Availability Zone Naming

us-east-2a
Area Sub-area Number AZ

Region Name

Availability Zone Name


AWS Regions

Region Region Identifier Region Region Identifier

US East (Ohio) us-east-2 Canada (Central) ca-central-1

US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 Europe (Frankfurt) eu-central-1

US West (N. California) us-west-1 Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1

US West (Oregon) us-west-2 Europe (London) eu-west-2

Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1 Europe (Paris) eu-west-3

Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1

Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-3 Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1

Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-northeast-2 South America (São Paulo) sa-east-1

Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-1

Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-southeast-2


AWS Edge Locations
Used as nodes of a global content
delivery network (CDN)
Utilized by Amazon CloudFront and
Amazon Route 53
Edge Locations
Located globally at over 200 different
locations
Allows AWS to serve content from
locations closest to users
AWS Edge Locations
Visualizing AWS Global Infrastructure
Demo Reviewing the method of accessing the
AWS global infrastructure site
Reviewing regions and availability zones
within the site
Reviewing edge locations within the site
Scenarios
Scenario 1

Jane’s company is looking to transition


to AWS
They are starting with a few workloads
It is a requirement to store backup data
in multiple geographic areas
Which element of AWS global
infrastructure will best suit this need?
Scenario 2

Tim’s company serves content through


their site to users around the globe
They are looking to optimize
performance to users around the world
They want to leverage a Content
Delivery Network (CDN)
Which element of the AWS global
infrastructure will be used in this case?
Scenario 3

Ellen’s company is transitioning one of


their legacy applications to AWS
This application requires uptime of at
least 99.5%
They want to be sure any issues at a
single data center don’t cause an outage
Which element of the AWS global
infrastructure supports this need?
Summary
Reviewed the three elements of the
AWS global infrastructure
Summary Understood the use of AWS Regions
Understood Availability Zones within
AWS Regions
Reviewed the purpose of Edge
Locations
Utilized the AWS global infrastructure
visualization
Scenario 1

Jane’s company is looking to transition


to AWS
They are starting with a few workloads
It is a requirement to store backup data
in multiple geographic areas
Which element of AWS global
infrastructure will best suit this need?

Solution: AWS Region


Scenario 2

Tim’s company serves content through


their site to users around the globe
They are looking to optimize
performance to users around the world
They want to leverage a Content
Delivery Network (CDN)
Which element of the AWS global
infrastructure will be used in this case?
Solution: AWS Edge Location
Scenario 3

Ellen’s company is transitioning one of


their legacy applications to AWS
This application requires uptime of at
least 99.5%
They want to be sure any issues at a
single data center don’t cause an outage
Which element of the AWS global
infrastructure supports this need?

Solution: AWS Availability Zone (AZ)

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