AWS Outposts Anatomy
At first glance, AWS Outposts looks just like traditional commodity hardware. There is a rack made up of individual components that have the shape and form of servers and networking gear. What could AWS have done to make it so different from the existing offerings from traditional vendors?
As we progress through this chapter, you will get a glimpse of the process to select a suitable data-center platform. In particular, if you are someone with experience of deploying commercial data center solutions and designing the underlying hardware necessary to support their functionality, may sure to pay attention to how this process unfolds and what is relevant for selecting the appropriate platform.
This chapter will demonstrate what distinguishes AWS Outposts from other offerings, from the hardware it is built with to its capabilities. You will obtain knowledge of the following:
- Structural elements – rack and power
- Communications elements –...
