Seems like controversy for controversy's sake. Sure, by mirroring to another region completely, you'd avoid an EBS downtime, but the same could be said for havi

Seems like controversy for controversy's sake. Sure, by mirroring to another region completely, you'd avoid an EBS downtime, but the same could be said for having another provider too. The idea of AWS being you pay less and pay for what you use with the understanding that you can mirror to another AZ in moments to recover from issues.