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A financial services firm wants to run a containerized trading application that requires single-digit millisecond latency for end-users located in a specific metropolitan city that does not host an AWS Region. The firm wants to deploy standard AWS compute and storage services close to these users without managing their own on-premises infrastructure. Which AWS global infrastructure component should the firm use to meet these requirements?

  1. AWS Local ZonesAnswer
  2. B
    AWS Edge Locations
  3. C
    AWS Availability Zones
  4. D
    AWS Regions

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AWS Local Zones
AWS Local Zones are designed to run latency-sensitive portions of applications close to end-users in metropolitan areas where no AWS Region currently exists, allowing developers to provision resources like Amazon EC2 instances and EBS volumes close to users.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the business requirements for latency and location constraints.
The application requires single-digit millisecond latency for users in a metropolitan area that does not have an AWS Region.
This rules out deploying directly to a standard AWS Region or Availability Zone since they are physically distant.
2
Identify the global infrastructure component that runs compute and storage services in metropolitan areas.
AWS Local Zones allow running select services (like EC2, ECS, EKS, EBS) close to geographic locations containing large populations or industries.
This directly satisfies the requirement to deploy compute and storage close to users without maintaining on-premises hardware.

Key Concept

AWS Local Zones provide low-latency compute and storage services in metropolitan areas where there is no full AWS Region.
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