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