What are AWS Availability Zones, and how do they differ from Regions?

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Sajanvethakumar Francis · Accepted Answer

Region: A physical location (e.g., us-east-1). Availability Zone (AZ): Independent datacenters inside a Region (e.g., us-east-1a, us-east-1b). Difference: Regions are separate geographic areas, AZs are isolated zones inside a region. Example: Deploy EC2 instances in 2 AZs for high availability.

What are AWS Availability Zones, and how do they differ from Regions?

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