Isn't east one the "core" datacenter and also the oldest? I'd imagine it has more load than the other regions and also has more tech debt and architectural / engineering debt because they had less experience when they built it.
Also iirc some services rely on east-1 as a single point of failure for configuration (like IAM or some S3 stuff?)
replyWhat I have seen at other companies is that the older datacenters have suboptimal designs which are impossible to fix after the fact.
replyYes it tends to have the most things running in it, including backbone and internal services that only exist in that region.
replyIt's the oldest regional system and has some structural importance (e.g. the internal CA resides there I think)
replyAmusingly:
reply> AWS in 2025: The Stuff You Think You Know That’s Now Wrong
> us-east-1 is no longer a merrily burning dumpster fire of sadness and regret.
— https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-in-2025-the-stuff-you...
Otherwise a good article!
> Otherwise a good article!
replyWho is Gell-Mann and why is he so forgetful?