First informations to know about AWS Partitionner

Before introducing the first article about basics service of AWS, we define Cloud computing - CC.
CC is on-demand delivery of IT resources over the internet with pay as you go pricing. That's mean that you don't need to manage and maintain your hardware in your own data center.

AWS Global infrastructure.

The first concept to understand is the Region.

Region are geographic locations worldwide where AWS hosts its data center. Inside every region in a cluster of availibility zone - AZ. An AZ consist of one or more data center DC, these DC connected using redundant high speed and low latency links.

Region consideration

In general, try to follow these best practices when you choose a region, to help ensure top performance and resilience:

Compliance: You might find that your application company or the country that you live in requires you to handle you data in a certain way.
Latency: Is about how close your IT resource are to your user base.
Price: Certain regions will cost more than others.
Service availibility: Try and think about what are your most needed services.

Shared responsability model

The AWS shared responsibility model is a concept of dividing responsibilities between AWS and a Customer( you)

• AWS's responsibilities are the security of the cloud.
  AWS is responsible for protecting and securing AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and data centers, down to the physical security of the buildings. Managing the hardware, software, and networking components that run AWS services, such as the physical server, host operating systems, virtualization layers, and AWS networking components.

• Customer responsibilities are security in the cloud.
  When using any AWS service, you’re responsible for properly configuring the service and your applications, as well as ensuring your data is secure.

I hope that you enjoyed this article. The next article will be about IAM.