AWS Global Infrastructure
Learning Outcomes
- Be able to list the three key elements of AWS Global Infrastructure:
- AWS Regions
- Understand what constitutes a region
- AWS Availability Zones
- Understand what makes up an availability zone
- AWS Edge Locations
- Know which services leverage edge locations
- AWS Regions
- Understand how each of these factor into solutions built on the platform
Links You’ll Need
Overview
The three primary elements of AWS Global Infrastructure are: 1. 2. 3.
AWS Regions and Availability Zones
An AWS ______________________ represents a cluster of data centers in a specific geographic location. An AWS ______________________________________ consists of one or more data centers. The primary purpose of an AWS Availability Zones is to:
AWS Edge Locations
The acronym CDN stands for ________________________ _______________________ _____________________. AWS utilizes Edge Locations for the services ____________________________________ and ______________________________________. The primary purpose of an AWS Edge Locations it to:
Visulizing AWS Global Infrastructure
Scenarios
The following scenarios are presented in the course as a way to explore your understanding of the module. Include your answer here in this outline, as well as your notes on the solution to each scenario.
SCENARIO 1
- Jane’s company is looking to transition to AWS
- They are starting with a few workloads
- It is a requirement to store backup data in multiple geographic areas
- Which element of AWS global infrastructure will best suit this need?
What’s Your Answer: _____________________________________________________________:
Why did you pick this answer:
If you didn’t get this one right, what insight did you gain from the explanation:
SCENARIO 2
- Tim’s company serves content through their site to users around the globe
- They are looking to optimize performance to users around the world
- They want to leverage a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- Which element of the AWS global infrastructure will be used in this case?
What’s Your Answer: _____________________________________________________________:
Why did you pick this answer:
If you didn’t get this one right, what insight did you gain from the explanation:
SCENARIO 3
- Ellen’s company is transitioning one of their legacy applications to AWS
- This application requires uptime of at least 99.5%
- They want to be sure any issues at a single data center don’t cause an outage
- Which element of the AWS global infrastructure supports this need?
What’s Your Answer: _____________________________________________________________:
Why did you pick this answer:
If you didn’t get this one right, what insight did you gain from the explanation:
Summary
Take a minute to write down any areas from this module that you don’t fully understand or where you still have questions: