AWS Will Run Its European Sovereign Cloud Without the Global Backbone for Several Hours

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News Source : InfoQ.com

News Summary

  • Traffic then falls back to the region’s own links from European ISPs.
  • Customers may see short disruptions while routes converge at either end.
  • If the test goes as planned, the first area is no longer entirely in American hands.
  • But the second still runs through the US parent, so, this is real progress for resilience.
  • It just isn’t sovereignty, as one commenter put it.
On Saturday, October 24, AWS will cut its European Sovereign Cloud off from the AWS Global Network backbone for several hours. The region is expected to keep running.

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