• A region is a set of datacenters deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network

Choosing a region

  • Location
    • Choose a region closest to your users to minimize latency
  • Features
    • Some features arent in all regions.
    • If you need a specific feature, some regions may be unavailable
  • Price
    • The price of services vary from region to region

Paired region

  • Each region is paired
    • Paired within the same geographical zone except Brazil South which is paired to South Central US
  • Outage failover
    • If the primary region has an outage, you can failover to the secondary region
  • Planned updates
    • Only one region in a pair is updated at any one time
  • Replication
    • Some services used pair regions for replication