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Amazon DynamoDB: status and incident history today
AWS Health Dashboard shows no major incidents right now; 2 minor or regional notices are open.
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Status now
AWS: Region Availability in me-central-1 (UAE), if you run there
Affects Amazon DynamoDB in me-central-1 (UAE). Latest update: We are providing an update on the disruption affecting the Middle East (UAE) (me-central-1) Region. After a thorough assessment, we have determined that we are unable to restore access to the resources and data hosted exclusively in the mec1-az2 Availability Zone. We continue to…
AWS: Region Availability in me-south-1 (Bahrain), if you run there
Affects Amazon DynamoDB in me-south-1 (Bahrain). Latest update: We are providing an update on the disruption affecting the Middle East (Bahrain) (me-south-1) Region. The damage to our infrastructure spanned multiple Availability Zones and exceeded what our regional and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand. After a thorough assessment,…
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Trade-offs
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Strengths
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