Migrating to the cloud and updating your infrastructure can be tricky. The simultaneous migration of interconnected applications can be challenging; thus, many choose not to entirely abandon their infrastructures in one shot. An incremental approach to lift-and-shift migrations was typical even before AWS Local Zones were introduced. Figure 6.5 – Migrating from VMware to EC2 […]
While there are many use cases for AWS Local Zones, the drivers behind all of them boil down to three things. Reduced latency In today’s digital landscape, many tasks, including medical image processing, real-time gaming, telco virtualization, and enterprise transactions, necessitate fast access to compute power with minimal lag. Figure 6.2 – Customers in Texas […]
In the world of cloud computing, latency is the invisible force that can determine the success or failure of an application. From augmented reality experiences requiring instantaneous feedback to mission-critical industrial applications where every millisecond counts, reducing latency is pivotal. As we journeyed through AWS’s vast edge computing landscape, it became evident that proximity to […]
Amazon EBS volumes are not supported on Outposts servers; only instance store volumes are available. Similar to the in-region instance store, the instance store data persists after a reboot but not an instance termination. This means customers must use either stateless configurations or must back up instance data to a persistent destination such as Amazon […]
AWS Outposts servers offer HA through the use of redundant power equipment that can be paired with dual customer-provided power sources for even greater resilience. Power is critical to any compute resource but network connectivity is also critical for Outposts deployments as management, monitoring, and service operations need connectivity to the anchor AZ. However, Outposts […]
Outposts servers require two physical connections to perform properly and the cables needed for this connectivity are provided to customers with their Outposts server. The two connections are used to segment traffic according to traffic class and are not intended for redundancy. These connections are not required to be on a common network. The cable […]
Delivery and installation are performed through secure channels. Furthermore, any replacement parts are delivered through these same secure channels. Note that replacements are always provided in the event of failed hardware – no network switches or servers will be repaired after installation, only replaced. Using AWS Outposts Server AWS Outposts servers are designed in smaller […]
Statistically, it is quite rare for hardware failure to be the source of an outage that impacts application availability. Most are caused by misunderstandings of logical dependencies during maintenance. A good way to prevent this impact is to have a completely separate Outposts Rack deployment that is tied to a different parent region. These twin […]
Multiple approaches are possible to ensure the appropriate level of availability for a customer’s use case. HA within a deployment All AWS Outposts Rack deployments offer local HA through the use of redundant networking and power equipment. This redundant Outposts equipment can be paired with dual customer-provided power sources and redundant network connectivity for even […]
ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications. Customers can launch non-Fargate versions of Amazon ECS within an AWS Outposts Rack deployment for full-scale container orchestration: Figure 5.16 – Launching an ECS cluster within a deployment by selecting an Outposts subnet The supplemental services of […]
