AWS Regions

An AWS Region is a physical geographic area that contains multiple Availability Zones.

Each Region is completely isolated from other Regions. This isolation provides strong fault isolation and supports regulatory compliance requirements.

Region selection should consider:

  • Latency to users
  • Compliance requirements
  • Service availability
  • Cost

Multi-region architecture improves disaster recovery but increases complexity in replication, routing, and operations.

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