An Amazon Web Services (AWS) outpost is a physical data center location that is built and operated by AWS. Outposts bring AWS-designed hardware and services to customer data centers, colocation spaces, or on-premises facilities. AWS Outposts enable customers to use the same AWS technologies, services, APIs, tools, and operating models they use in AWS Regions, but in customer data centers and facilities. AWS Outposts can be used to run compute and storage on-premises, ingesting and processing data locally, and accessing other AWS services in the Region.
Here are some key points about AWS Outposts:
Outposts are fully managed by AWS, which means customers don't have to worry about provisioning, operating, or upgrading the outpost infrastructure.
Outposts come in two variants: AWS Outposts Stack and AWS Outposts Compute.
AWS Outposts Stack is a fully integrated package that includes compute, storage, and networking capabilities, making it ideal for running applications on-premises.
AWS Outposts Compute is a compute-only package that can be used for running compute-intensive applications on-premises or for integrating on-premises data processing with AWS cloud-based compute and storage resources.
Outposts can be deployed in customer data centers, colocation spaces, or on-premises facilities.
Outposts provide low latency and high throughput connections to AWS Regions, making them ideal for latency-sensitive applications or for applications that need to process data locally.