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AWS Global Infrastructure: Availability Zones, Regions, Edge Locations, Regional Edge Caches

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In this post, we’ll take a look at the components that make up the AWS Global Infrastructure.

The components are:

Availability Zones (AZs)
Regions
Edge Locations
Regional Edge Caches

If you are deploying services on AWS, you’ll want to have a clear understanding of each of these components, how they are linked, and how you can use them within your solution to YOUR maximum benefit. Let’s take a closer look.

Relevant links:

AWS outage article

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