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Genuinely asking as I don't work in that space - what's the advantage of this location diversity?
by ps101 7y ago
Genuinely asking as I don't work in that space - what's the advantage of this location diversity?
- slouch 7y agoServices respond more quickly when the datacenter is closer to the user
- me_again 7y agoMany cloud customers have regulatory or business requirements that their data be held within particular regions or national boundaries. It should also help somewhat with latency, though in most cases CDN points of presence will be more critical.
- october_sky 7y agoExcept, those regulatory or business requirements also have business continuity and disaster recovery requirements from those same regulators, and Azure's region design is far inferior than alternatives.