AWS Outposts
AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to your on-premises or co-location data center. It enables you to run AWS services locally for workloads that require low latency, local data processing, or data residency compliance.
Outposts is designed for hybrid cloud scenarios — you use the same hardware, APIs, control plane, and tools as in the AWS Cloud, but deployed physically at your site.
AWS supplies, installs, maintains, and replaces the Outposts hardware — you just use it like you would AWS Cloud services, but from your own data center.
Use Cases
- Low-latency applications (e.g., gaming, healthcare imaging)
- Local data residency requirements (e.g., financial or government data)
- Applications that need to stay on-premises for regulatory/compliance reasons
Supported Services
Run these services locally on Outposts.
- EC2
- EBS
- ECS
- EKS
- RDS,
- S3 (in some regions)
Question - AWS Outposts
A financial institution must store sensitive customer data in its on-premises data center to comply with regulatory requirements. However, the company also wants to leverage AWS services like Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS to modernize its applications.
Which solution should a Solutions Architect recommend?
A) AWS Snowball Edge B) AWS Direct Connect C) AWS Outposts D) AWS Storage Gateway
Correct Answer: C) AWS Outposts
Explanation: Outposts provides a consistent hybrid experience, enabling you to run AWS services locally on-premises, satisfying both the modernization and data residency requirements.