AWS Availability Zones

  • Each region has many availability zones (usually 3, min is 3, max is 6). Example:

• ap-southeast-2a

• ap-southeast-2b

• ap-southeast-2c

  • Each availability zone (AZ) is one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, and connectivity.

  • They’re separate from each other, so that they’re isolated from disasters.

  • They’re connected with high bandwidth, ultra-low latency networking.

List of AWS regions and their availability zones

S.No
AWS region code
AWS region name
Number Of Availability Zones
Availability Zone Names

1

us-east-1

Virginia

4

us-east-1a us-east-1b us-east-1c us-east-1e

2

us-west-2

Oregon

3

us-west-2a us-west-2b us-west-2c

3

us-west-1

N. California

3

us-west-1a us-west-1b

4

eu-west-1

Ireland

3

eu-west-1a eu-west-1b eu-west-1c

5

eu-central-1

Frankfurt

2

eu-central-1a eu-central-1b

6

ap-southeast-1

Singapore

2

ap-southeast-1a ap-southeast-1b

7

ap-southeast-2

Sydney

3

ap-southeast-2a ap-southeast-2b ap-southeast-2c

8

ap-northeast-1

Tokyo

2

ap-northeast-1a ap-northeast-1c

9

ap-northeast-2

Seoul

N/A

N/A

10

sa-east-1

Sao Paulo

3

sa-east-1a sa-east-1b sa-east-1c

11

cn-north-1

China (Beijing)

N/A

N/A

12

ap-south-1

India (Mumbai)

2

ap-south-1a ap-south-1b

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