Cross-Region Replication
Let’s learn about cross-region replication for S3 storage.
AWS global infrastructure
AWS offers a highly secure, reliable, and available cloud platform to develop and deploy applications globally within minutes.
Some benefits of having a robust infrastructure are listed below:
- Low latency and low packet loss
- Easy usage
- Highly reliable and available
- Fault-tolerant
- Highly secure
- High throughput
- Highly redundant networking
Regions
Regions are the largest physical hardware data centers managed by AWS. They can withstand large amounts of failure. There are 25 regions (both constructed and in-construction) in total.
Availability zones
Availability zones are slightly smaller data centers within regions that are closer to the users and store redundant data. They are used to facilitate high-speed and low latency network connectivity. Each region contains three availability zones. There are at least 81 availability zones in total.