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Note, a region is not a data center. A region is a collection of two or more Availability Zones (AZ). You can think of an AZ as a data center. http://docs.aws.
by dmourati 12y ago
Note, a region is not a data center. A region is a collection of two or more Availability Zones (AZ). You can think of an AZ as a data center.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/images/aws_regions.png http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/images/aw...
- thirsteh 12y agoBut even an AZ is not necessarily one physical data center; it may be many.
- dmourati 12y agoAgree, but it is somewhat unclear.
- vacri 12y agoThere's always at least three - there's a 'hidden' datacentre in each region if you can only see two AZs.
- tiernano 12y agofor example eu-west-1: AWS bought that big warehouse in Tallaght, and it is somewhat operational, but not "live". You cant select it.