Global Infrastructure Flashcards

1
Q

What is a region?

A

A grouping of multiple datacenters (Availability Zones)

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2
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What is Geography?

A

A discreet market of two or more regions that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries

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3
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A region is paired with another region, how many miles away?

A

300 miles

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4
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What is a Recommended Region?

A

A region that provides the broadest range of service capabilities.

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5
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What is an Alternate Region?

A

A region that extends Azure’s footprint within a data residency boundary where a recommended region also exists.

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6
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Why does Azure have specialized regions?

A

To meet compliance or legal reasons.

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7
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What is a datacenter?

A

A secured building that contains hundred of thousands of computers.

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8
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True or False, every region has support for Availability Zones.

A

False

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9
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What is a Fault Domain?

A

A logical grouping of hardware to avoid a single point of failure within an Az.

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