What is AWS?
- AWS (Amazon Web Service) is cloud provider
- They provide you with servers and services that you can use on demand and scale easily
- AWS has revolutionized IT over time
- AWS power some biggest website like NASA, Netflix and many more
AWS Cloud History
AWS Cloud Number Facts
- In 2021, AWS had $74 billion in annual revenue.
- Pioneer and Leader of cloud market among all cloud provider
- Over 1 million active users
AWS Cloud Use Cases
- AWS enables you to build sophisticated, scale able applications
- Applicable to a diverse set of industries
- Use case include Gaming, Web hosting, Mobile and social apps, Enterprise cloud services, ML/AI services and Storage services
AWS Global Infrastructure
- AWS Regions
- AWS Availability Zones
- AWS Data Centers
- AWS Edge Locations / Point of Presence
AWS Regions
- AWS has regions all around the world
- Name can be eu-west-1, ap-east-1...
- A region is a clust of data centers
- Most AWS services are region scoped
How to choose an AWS Region?
- COMPLIANCE with data governance and legal requirements: data never leaves a region without your explicit permission
- Latency: Choosing an AWS Region with close proximity to your user base location can achieve lower network latency
- Services and Features: new services and new features aren't available in every region
- PRICING: pricing varies region to region and is transparent in the service page
AWS Availability Zones
- Each region has many availability zones (usually 3, min is 2, max is 6).
- Example: us-east-1a, us-east-1b, us-east-1c
- Each availability zone (AZ) is one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, and connectivity
- They’re separate from each other, so that they’re isolated from disasters
- They’re connected with high bandwidth,
ultra-low latency networking
AWS Points of Presence (Edge Locations)
- Amazon has 410 Points of Presence (400+ Edge locations and 13 regional mid-tier caches) in 90+ cities across 47 countries.
- Content is delivered to end users with lower latency
Tour of the AWS Console
AWS has Global Services:
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Route 53 (DNS service)
- CloudFront (Content Delivery Network)
- WAF (Web Application Firewall)
Most AWS services are Region-scoped:
- Amazon EC2 (Infrastructure as a Service)
- Elastic Beanstalk (Platform as a Service)
- Lambda (Function as a Service)
- Rekognition (Software as a Service)
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