AWS Availability Zones
An availability zone is a logical data center in a region available for use by any AWS customer.
Availability zones (AZs) are isolated locations within data center regions from which public cloud services originate and operate.
Each AZ is isolated, but the AZs in a region are connected through low-latency links.
We design our solutions to span across multiple Availability Zones so if one instance fails, an instance in another Availability Zone can handle requests.
You can also use Elastic IP addresses to mask the failure of an instance in one Availability Zone by rapidly remapping the address to an instance in another Availability Zone.
An Availability Zone is represented by a region code followed by a letter identifier; for example, us-east-1a. To ensure that resources are distributed across the Availability Zones for a region, AWS independently maps Availability Zones to identifiers for each account.
For example, your Availability Zone us-east-1a might not be the same location as us-east-1a for another account.
Employees
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Cody Swann
CEO
Since founding Gunner Technology, Cody has served the company in every aspect of business development and product development.
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Dary Merckens
CTO
From a contractor to a partner, Dary has been with Gunner since year 1 and embodies the meritocratic spirit and philosophy of Gunner Technology.
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Mahdi Huessein
VP / Engineering
Mahdi joined Gunner at age 18 and quickly rose through the ranks to become VP of Engineering
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Elena Villanueva
Developer II
From Sensors and Big Data to Media Queries and Form Validation, Elena has worked on pretty much anything you can imagine.
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Skyla Frye
Developer III
Skyla is Gunner's go-to engineer when it comes to evaluating new tech. She loves evaluating bleeding edge software and teaching her colleagues what she learns.
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Kayden Chan
Developer II
Kayden holds the Gunner Technology record for most straight hours worked at just under 70. He refuses to quit until the job is done and it's done right.
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Jeramiah Anthony
VP / Product Development
Jeramiah is a wizard at turning loose requirements into a firm vision with a solid plan.
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Ethan Sloan
DevOps Engineer II
Ethan has a mind for infrastructure and a knack for visualizing platform solutions
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Nicolas Henderson
DevOps Engineer I
Nicolas' goal is to learn everything. A voracious reader, the only time his nose isn't in a tech book is when he's scripting a new infrastructure.
Projects
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References
Related Terms
- Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon.
- Self-healing
A system that can detect that it's not operating property and fix itself without human intervention.
- Reliability
The degree to which a component consistently performs according to its specifications.
- Availability
The ability of a system or component to be operational and accessible if required (system uptime).