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Outposts

The AWS cloud reaching on-prem and the edge: same APIs, same tools, data where it must stay.

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01 · What it is

AWS Outposts & Local Zones, made clear.

Outposts is an AWS rack (or server) installed in your data center: EC2, EBS and the main services run at home, managed from the same cloud console. Local Zones instead bring AWS infrastructure close to cities for minimal latency.

Same APIs
the cloud console and tools, on-prem
1U/2U or rack
from single server to full rack, managed by AWS
single-digit ms
Local Zones: compute close to users and plants
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02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

Where the workload lives

Region AWSthe full cloud
Local Zones
Outposts rack
Outposts server
proximity · data center · edge
Same control planeone console, everywhere
Resident datacompliance and latency solved by architecture
The continuum from cloud to edge

On-prem services

EC2, EBS, ECS/EKS, RDS on Outposts: the application perimeter you need, at home.

AWS-managed

Hardware monitored, patched and replaced by AWS: on-prem without managing the iron.

Data residency

Data physically stays in your building: the answer to the strictest regulatory constraints.

Connectivity to the region

The link to the cloud for control plane and services: coherent hybrid by design.

03 · In depth

The AWS rack in your room: how it really works

Outposts is AWS hardware installed by AWS in your data center, anchored to a region: the control plane stays in the cloud, the services (EC2, EBS, ECS/EKS, RDS on Outposts) run locally with the same APIs. It needs a redundant service link to the region; the local gateway connects your LAN. It's sized by rack or as 1U/2U servers for the extreme edge; capacity and maintenance are managed by AWS.

  • Service link — the redundant VPN to the region: the umbilical cord to be designed
  • Local gateway — the routing to the LAN: microsecond latencies to the MES
  • Same APIs — identical EC2/EBS/EKS: the IaC and tools you already use, on site
  • RDS on Outposts — the managed database at your place: patches and backups remain AWS's job
  • Server 1U/2U — the pizza-box Outposts for branches and small sites
  • Capacity planning — the rack is ordered by size: growth is planned with the contract
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

1-96
composable racks per site: you start small
<10 ms
the typical latency required to the anchoring region
42U
the standard AWS-managed rack: power and maintenance included
100%
APIs compatible with the region: zero rewrites
Outposts brings the cloud where data must stay: we verify room requirements, the service link and the business case against Local Zones and on-prem.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Strict compliance

Healthcare, financial or government data that can't leave the perimeter: cloud operating model, data on site.

Industrial low latency

MES and factory systems that talk to the cloud but respond in milliseconds.

Gradual modernization

The same APIs on-prem today, migration to the region tomorrow: no double work.

We evaluate Outposts when it's really needed: sovereignty and latency are requirements, not fashions — and the numbers must hold up.