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It's still a "datacenter" though, right? Just a smaller one. It's not a "region" i.e. there's no other services available other than cloudfront (and I guess lam
by hayd 8y ago
It's still a "datacenter" though, right? Just a smaller one. It's not a "region" i.e. there's no other services available other than cloudfront (and I guess lambda@edge).
Or do you mean they might not be owned by aws (or Google)?
- Dunedan 8y agoFrom what I heard, AWS rents a racks in commerical datacenters for its Route53 endpoints. So while that's also a datacenter of course, it's not an "Amazon datacenter".
- jrockway 8y agoNot really. Google literally just sends ISPs some servers stick into their racks with other networking equipment. These are very "scrappy" compared to what people think of as data centers, but if a room with some network cables, an AC, and a rack counts as a data center... then sure, they're datacenters ;) https://peering.google.com/#/options/google-global-cache https://peering.google.com/#/options/google-global-cache > Once registered and qualified by Google, we will send you a simple agreement for joining the GGC program. After you have electronically signed this agreement, Google will ship you servers that you install in your facility and attach to your network. Google will work with you to configure the servers and bring them into service.
- manigandham 8y agoData center is a meaningless term these days, and varies by context. It can be multiple buildings over a few square miles forming a resilient "region", or a single building, or all the way down to just some servers running in some rented rackspace in someone else's colo. All the major clouds rent space like that for their CDN and smaller pops, and sometimes they even start smaller regions that way until they acquire or build their own structures.