03-01 Global Infrastructure
# What is the AWS Global Infrastructure?
- The AWS Global Infrastructure is globally distributed hardware and data centers that are physically networked together to act as one large resource for the end customer.
- This is so you, the customer, can access their services no matter where you are located around the globe.
# Current Offerings
- 30 Launched Regions
- 96 Availability Zones
- 115 Direct Connection Locations
- 410+ Points of Presence
- 25 Local Zones
# Regions
Regions are geographically distinct locations consisting of one more Availability Zones (AV).
Key Facts
- US-EAST-1 (North Virginia) was the first region
- new services always become available here first
- the cost of AWS services varies by region
# When you choose a region there are four factors to consider?
- What regulatory compliance does this region meet?
- What is the cost of AWS in this region?
- What AWS services are available in this region?
- What is the distance or latency to my end users?
# Regional vs. Global
# Regional Services
AWS scopes their AWS Management console on a selected region.
This will determine where an AWS service will be launched and what will be seen in the console.
# Global Services
Some AWS services operate across multiple regions and the region will be fixed to “Global”
E.g.
Amazon S3,
CloudFront, Route53,
IAM