: Provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It’s the backbone for most web applications.
: Managed solutions like Amazon DynamoDB or Amazon RDS. : Provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud
AWS operates on a global infrastructure divided into (geographic locations of data centers) and Availability Zones (isolated locations within regions to ensure high availability). The "four pillars" of its architecture include: AWS operates on a global infrastructure divided into
| Category | Key Service | Primary Use Case | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Amazon EC2 | Virtual servers in the cloud (IaaS). | | | AWS Lambda | Run code without provisioning servers (Serverless). | | Storage | Amazon S3 | Scalable object storage for backups, data lakes, websites. | | | Amazon EBS | Persistent block storage for EC2 (like a virtual hard drive). | | Database | Amazon RDS | Managed relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.). | | | Amazon DynamoDB | NoSQL key-value and document database at any scale. | | Networking | Amazon VPC | Isolated cloud network for your resources. | | | Amazon CloudFront | Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) for low latency. | | AI/ML | Amazon SageMaker | Build, train, and deploy ML models at scale. | | DevOps | AWS CodePipeline | CI/CD service for fast application delivery. | | | Storage | Amazon S3 | Scalable
An object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.