AWS Outposts

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What job does it solve?

Local latency or residency requires AWS infrastructure at an on-premises site.

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Where does it stop?

A Region or lighter edge option satisfies the requirement.

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Closely related services

• Amazon EC2Resizable virtual machines in AWS with control over the operating system, instance type, storage, and networking.
• AWS Direct ConnectDedicated network connectivity from a location to AWS through a Direct Connect facility or partner.

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Lessons that mention it

• Lesson 16Match compute size and placement to the bottleneck
• Lesson 32Ingestion frequency, streaming, transfer, and secure entry
• Lesson 38Backup, block/file elasticity, and migration economics
• Lesson 40Compute service, purchasing, and edge/local economics

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