AWS Global Infrastructure
Solution Architect Associate
Developer Associate
Regions
- A geographical area which houses physical infrastructure
- Each reagion will consit of 2 or more AZs
Availability Zones
- Basically a data center within a region
- Each AZ may be multiple data centers, but because they’re physically close together they’re grouped into an AZ
- Each AZ in a region is within 60 miles of each other
Edge Location
- Endpoints for AWS that are used for caching content
- Typically consist of things like CloudFront
- There are many more edge locations than regions or AZs
Support Plan Options
- Type of support provided varies based upon chosen support level for your account
- Technical Account Managers can provide guidance, archectural review, etc. Provided for Enterprise Level customers
- For best practice recommendations, use Trusted Advisor
- For account assistance with things like billing, you can use the AWS Support Concierge
- Support plans:
- Basic
- Developer
- Business
- Enterprise