Cloud Computing (AWS)

In this module, We will cover:

1. what is cloud computing?
2. what are regions and Availability Zones?

3 . what are the Cloud computing facilitates?

cloud computing is a data center or multiple data centers made up of compute and storage resources connected by a network.

here is a picture of how the data center looks in the real world.

Regions and Avalilability Zones

The cloud infrastructure is built around regions and AZs. A region is a physical location in the world where we have multiple AZs. where AZs consist of one or more discrete data centers within the regions.

AWS cloud span 84 AZs within 26 geographical regions around the world.

Another definition of cloud computing

cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of computer power, database storage, application, and other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.

cloud computing facilitates

1. Quick access to cost-efficient & flexible IT resources 2 . Accessing servers, databases, storage media, and a variety of application services on the world wide web.