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Cloud computing are typically hardware (infrastructure) and application services provided over the internet (could be any network). Cloud services companies provide resources (i.e., compute, network, storage and database) as a service so that customers do not have to incur the cost of acquiring and managing the required components.
Three major business challenges were observed
A complete product, application or software that is run and managed by the service provider. e.g. Salesforce, Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps
Focus on the deployment and management of your applications. No need to worry about underlying infrastructure management. Hypervisor is used to convert existing compute equipment into virtual machines. One advantage of using virtual machines is to easily migrate them to new hardware.
Part or all of an infrastructure platform access (networking, computers, servers, database storage) is provided by a third party.
Cloud: Fully utilizing Cloud Computing. E.g. Startups, SaaS offerings, New projects and companies
Hybrid: Using both cloud and On-Premise. E.g. Banks, Fintech, Investment Management, Large professional service providers, Legacy on-premise
On-Premise: Deploying resources on-premises, using virtualization and resource management tools. Also called Private Cloud. E.g. Public Sector, Governments, Supersensitive data such as hospitals, large enterprise with heavy regulation e.g. Insurance companies
Where does all this cloud computing run?
69 Availability Zones within 22 Geographic Regions
AWS serves over a million active customers in more than 190 countries
Steadily expanding global infrastructure to help customers achieve lower latency and higher throughput
Regions: a geographically distinct physical locations in the world with multiple Availability Zones (AZs) i.e. multiple data centers. Each region is physically isolated from and independent of every other region in terms of location, power, water supply etc.
Each region has at least two AZs. AWS largest region is US-EAST. Not all services are available in all regions. US-EAST-1 is the region where you see all your billing information.
Availability Zones: An AZ is a data center owned and operated by AWS in which AWS services run. AZs are represented by a region code, followed by a letter identifier e.g. us-east-1a.
Multi-AZ: Distributing your instances across multiple AZs allows failover configuration for handling requests when one goes down. Offers <10ms latency between AZs.
Edge Location or Points of Presence: A data center owned by a trusted partner of AWS which has a direct connection to the AWS network.
These locations serve requests for CloudFront and Route 53. Requests going to either of these services will be routed to the nearest edge location automatically. S3 transfer acceleration traffic and API Gateway endpoint traffic also use the AWS Edge network. This allows for low latency no matter where the end user is geographically located.
Network: AWS offers highly reliable, low latency and high throughput network connectivity. This is achieved with a fully redundant 100 Gpbs network that circles the globe via trans-oceanic cables that run over tens of thousands of kilometers and up to ten kilometers under the sea.
GovCloud Regions: AWS GovCloud allow customers to host sensitive Controlled Unclassified Information and other types of regulated workloads.
GovCloud Regions are only operated by employees who are US citizens on US soil. They are only accessible to US entities and root account holders who pass a screening process. Customers can architect secure cloud solutions that comply with:
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