Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
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Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
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Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#2Yes, it's the least reliable. Thanks for summarizing the data here to illustrate the issue.
It's often seen as the "standard" or "default" region to use when spinning up new US-based AWS services, is the oldest AWS center, has the most interconnected systems, and likely has the highest average load.
It makes sense that us-east-1 has reliability problems, but I wish Amazon was a little more upfront about some of the risks when choosing that zone.
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#3Ass covering-wise, you are probably better off going down with everyone else on us-east-1. The not so fun alternative: being targeted during an RCA explaining why you chose some random zone no one ever heard of.
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#4Ass covering-wise, you are probably better off going down with everyone else on us-east-1. The not so fun alternative: being targeted during an RCA explaining why you chose some random zone no one ever heard of.
how about following the well-architected framework and building something with a suitable level of 9s where you can justify your decisions during a blameless postmortem (please stamp your buzzword bingo card for a prize.)
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#5I searched for it, and did not find, the word "backhoe."
Big fail.
I have said for years, never ascribe to terrorism what can be attributed to some backhoe operator in Ashburn, Virginia.
We got a lotta backhoes in northern Virginia.
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#6Ass covering-wise, you are probably better off going down with everyone else on us-east-1. The not so fun alternative: being targeted during an RCA explaining why you chose some random zone no one ever heard of.
how about following the well-architected framework and building something with a suitable level of 9s where you can justify your decisions during a blameless postmortem (please stamp your buzzword bingo card for a prize.)
We vibe code everything in flavor of the month node frameworks, tyvm, because elixir is too hard to hire for (or some equally inane excuse)
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#7Ass covering-wise, you are probably better off going down with everyone else on us-east-1. The not so fun alternative: being targeted during an RCA explaining why you chose some random zone no one ever heard of.
Bandwidth cost is also another major reason.
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#8The sorting for the "Duration" column appears to be lexicographical, not numeric.
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#9I intentionally avoid using us-east-1 for anything, since I’ve seen so many outages.
Re: Is Northern Virginia still the least reliable AWS region?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
how about following the well-architected framework and building something with a suitable level of 9s where you can justify your decisions during a blameless postmortem (please stamp your buzzword bingo card for a prize.)
We vibe code everything in flavor of the month node frameworks, tyvm, because elixir is too hard to hire for (or some equally inane excuse)
I agree with your post conceptually.
However: Don’t underestimate community support (in the areas you’re likely to want it) when comparing development stacks.