10. Global Infrastructure

CloudEng C01 L01 Global Infrastructure V1

Global Infrastructure

Region

A region is considered a geographic location or an area on a map.

Availability Zone

An availability zone is an isolated location within a geographic region and is a physical data center within a specific region.

Edge Location

An edge location is as a mini-data center used solely to cache large data files closer to a user's location.

Additional Information

  • There are more Availability Zones (AZs) than there are Regions.
  • There should be at least two AZs per Region.
  • Each region is located in a separate geographic area.
  • AZs are distinct locations that are engineered to be isolated from failures.

QUIZ QUESTION::

Match the topic with the BEST definition/feature.

ANSWER CHOICES:



Topic

Definition/Feature

Data center

Geographic location

Used to cache files
SOLUTION:

Topic

Definition/Feature

Data center

Geographic location

Used to cache files

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