Geographic Redundancy

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Definition

Replicating data across different geographic regions to protect against regional disasters. Like keeping backup files in different cities or countries.

Real-World Example

Critical business data is replicated from US East to US West regions to survive regional disasters like hurricanes or earthquakes.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These services provide mechanisms to replicate data across different geographic regions to ensure data availability and durability in case of regional failures.

AWS
Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication
AZ
Azure Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS)
GCP
Google Cloud Storage Multi-Region
OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cross-Region Replication

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