Distributing the Cloud - AWS Architecture - Part 2
We all know the value of distributing an application across multiple data centers. The same philosophy applies to the cloud. As we put our applications into the cloud we need to watch where in the cloud they are located. How geographically and network topologically distributed our applications are is just as important as with normal data centers.
While Amazon AWS won’t tell you specifically where your application is running, they do give you enough information to make diversification decisions. Interpreting and understanding this information, and using it to your advantage, requires an understanding of how AWS is architected.
In part 1 of this article, we talked about the AWS Architecture of regions and availability zones. In part 2, we will go into more detail about how availability zones are structured, and how we can utilize this information.
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