Capacity management – Lowering First-Hop Latency with AWS Local Zones

Outposts’ capacity is finite. As it is a physical installation, any expansion requires careful planning and potentially additional hardware. Customers need to monitor usage and predict future needs. The elasticity inherent to the cloud is present in Local Zones. While there might be soft limits, scaling resources is more straightforward, not requiring hardware interventions. Security […]

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Introduction to AWS Local Zones – Lowering First-Hop Latency with AWS Local Zones

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 […]

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High Availability (HA) – Incorporating AWS Outposts into Your On-Premises Data Center

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 […]

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Physical security – Incorporating AWS Outposts into Your On-Premises Data Center

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 […]

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High availability (HA) – Incorporating AWS Outposts into Your On-Premises Data Center

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 […]

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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) – Incorporating AWS Outposts into Your On-Premises Data Center

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 […]

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