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One thing to keep in mind is that each Availability Zone operates on independent power infrastructure, and each Availability Zone has independent power infrastr

• ignoramous 7y ago
  James Hamilton [0][1] and others [2][3][4] have given pretty good overview over the years of the AWS infrastructure. [0] AWS Innovation at Scale (2014), https://youtu.be/JIQETrFC_SQ https://youtu.be/JIQETrFC_SQ [1] Tuesday Night Live (2016), https://youtu.be/AyOAjFNPAbA https://youtu.be/AyOAjFNPAbA [2] Operation of the AWS Global Network (2019), https://youtu.be/UObQZ3R9_4c https://youtu.be/UObQZ3R9_4c [3] Foundations of AWS Infrastructure (2018), https://youtu.be/gH46jrFfiCc https://youtu.be/gH46jrFfiCc [4] Exploring the AWS Global Network (2018), https://youtu.be/tPUl96EEFps https://youtu.be/tPUl96EEFps
  • WoahNoun 7y ago
    He's also written about AWS infrastructure (and electricity infrastructure in general) on his blog. Fascinating stuff. https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/how-many-data-centers-needed-world-wide/ https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/how-many-data-cent... https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/12/when-you-cant-afford-not-to-have-power-redundancy/ https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/12/when-you-cant-affo... https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/at-scale-rare-events-arent-rare/ https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/at-scale-rare-even... https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2018/11/1227/ https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2018/11/1227/ https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2019/02/aws-nitro-system/ https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2019/02/aws-nitro-system/