You can operate local instances of AWS services within your company thanks to the hybrid IT offering known as AWS Outposts. You can build and operate apps locally utilizing local compute and storage resources, and it links to AWS administration systems, offers the same APIs, and functions in the same way as Amazon services operating in the cloud.
Outposts are hardware components that are deployed locally in your data center and offer a constrained amount of AWS computation and storage capability. The Amazon Outpost device is regarded as a component of an Amazon Region since AWS controls and keeps track of on-site capacity in the same way that it does its cloud-based infrastructure. As 42U racks or 1U/2U Outpost Servers that may be added to an existing rack, Outposts are installed.
In this blog, we’ll discuss the following:
- Introduction of AWS Outposts
- Why AWS outposts?
- How do AWS Outposts work?
- Features of AWS Outposts
- Benefits of AWS Outposts
- AWS Outposts family members
- AWS Outposts racks
How does it work?
- AWS Outposts servers
How does it work? - Feature Comparison between Outposts family Members
- Services that run locally within AWS Outposts
- Use cases of AWS Outposts
- Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction of AWS Outposts
You can use AWS Outposts to execute some AWS services locally while also connecting to a wide range of services that are offered in the nearby AWS Region. Run workloads and applications locally using popular AWS services, resources, and APIs. Outposts serve workloads and devices for which low latency access to on-premises systems, local data processing, data residency, and application migration with local system interdependencies are necessary.
Outposts solutions enable you to extend and run native AWS services on your own servers. They come in various sizes, ranging from 1U and 2U Outposts servers to 42U Outposts racks and multiple rack deployments.
Why AWS Outposts?
It allows you to run Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, container-based services like Amazon EKS, database services like Amazon RDS, and analytics services like Amazon EMR on-premises. You can run, manage, and secure your applications on-premises and in the cloud using the same AWS APIs, tools, and security controls.
It allows you to control where your workloads run and where your data resides, while also utilizing local operational tooling for monitoring and stability. It also enables low-friction workload movement between the public cloud and the edge, allowing you to easily adapt to any regulatory changes.
It provides a truly consistent hybrid experience by offering on-premises and cloud-based hardware infrastructure, services, APIs, management, and operations. It delivers a consistently consistent developer and IT operations experience across on-premises and cloud environments.
How do AWS Outposts work?
Features of AWS Outposts
- Access to extra AWS services that are native and unique.
- An individual programming interface.
- For your on-premises applications and AWS cloud, use the same programming language, APIs, or CLI.
- Keep a single code base and supplement it with some deployment tools for both on-premises and the AWS cloud
- AWS offers a wide variety of custom computing, memory, and storage options, allowing you to select the configuration that is most appropriate for your applications.
- AWS manages the entire infrastructure.
- AWS console monitoring to ensure the health and performance of the AWS Outpost
Benefits
1. Utilize AWS Services on-premises- To meet the needs of low latency, local data processing, and data residency, extend AWS computing, networking, security, and other services on-site.
2. Infrastructure that is fully handled- A completely managed experience will reduce the amount of time, money, operational risk, and maintenance downtime needed to manage IT infrastructure.
3. Genuinely reliable hybrid experience- For the purpose of offering a fully uniform developer and IT operations experience, use the same physical infrastructure, APIs, tools, and management controls available in the cloud.
AWS Outposts Family Members
AWS Outposts Rack: 
The AWS Outposts rack has a 42U form factor, which is the industry standard. It makes AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools available to virtually any data center or co-location space. For a truly consistent hybrid experience, it provides AWS compute, storage, database, and other services locally while still allowing you to access the full range of AWS services available in the Region.
How does it work?
It is a fully managed service that brings AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools on-premises for a truly consistent hybrid experience.
AWS Outposts servers: 
Servers for AWS Outposts are offered in 1U or 2U configurations. They offer the same AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to on-premises and edge locations with limited space or lower capacity needs, such as retail stores, branch offices, healthcare provider locations, or factory floors. Local computing and networking services are provided by outpost servers.
How does it work?
The servers provide computing and networking services to locations with limited space and capacity.
Feature Comparison
| AWS Outposts rack | AWS Outposts servers | |
|---|---|---|
| Form factors | At 80 inches high, 24 inches wide, and 48 inches deep, the Outposts rack is a good size. There are blank panels, hosts, switches, a power shelf, and a network patch panel within. | Outposts rack-mountable servers fit inside EIA-310 cabinets with a width of 19″. The 1U high server measures 24″ deep and is powered by AWS Graviton2 processors. The server is 2U tall and 30″ deep. |
| Installation | AWS ships Outposts racks fully assembled and ready to be rolled into place. AWS installs racks, which only require power and network connections. | Outpost servers are delivered directly to you by AWS and installed by either onsite personnel or a third-party vendor. AWS will remotely provision compute and storage resources once connected to your network. |
| Locally supported services | Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon EBS Snapshots, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Application Load Balancer (ALB), CloudEndure, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Elasticache, and VMware Cloud. | Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, AWS IoT Greengrass, and Amazon Sagemaker Edge Manager are all options. Connect to a wide range of services available in the AWS Region and seamlessly extend Amazon Virtual Private Cloud on-premises by running select AWS services locally on Outposts servers. |
| Networking | •Uplink speeds of 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, and 100 Gbps are available.
• Includes networking hardware. • Local Gateway is supported, which necessitates the use of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) over a routed network. |
• Uplink speeds of 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps are available.
• It does not include any networking equipment. • Provides a local Layer 2 presence to support a simplified network integration experience. |
| Power | • There are three power configurations available: 5 kVA, 10 kVA, and 15 kVA.
• Linemate connectors handle a centralized redundant power conversion unit and a direct current (DC) distribution system in the backplane. |
• Power is required in the range of 1-2 kVA.
• Power options include standard alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). |
Services that run locally within AWS Outposts
Use Cases of AWS Outposts
Data residency- There are times when data must remain in a certain country, state, or municipality due to regulations, contracts, or information security concerns. Using AWS Outposts, you have the freedom to decide where your workloads are executed and where your data is kept. You can also easily switch between cloud and edge locations to quickly adapt to changing legislation.
Migration and modernization- Migration is challenging for legacy on-premises programs since they usually depend on latency-sensitive systems. It enables you to segment migrations on-premises into smaller chunks while maintaining latency-sensitive connectivity between application components until you are ready to migrate.
Frequently Asked Questions
What two options are available for AWS outposts?
Local instance storage is provided by AWS Outposts rack, and persistent block storage is provided by Elastic Block Store (EBS) gp2 volumes.
Is the outpost available outside the premises?
For a completely consistent hybrid experience, AWS Outposts is a collection of fully managed solutions that can deploy AWS infrastructure and services to almost any on-premises or edge location.
How do I connect to the AWS outpost?
When you build your Outpost in the AWS Outposts console, you can choose the private connectivity option. See Create an Outpost and order Outpost capacity for instructions. When your Outpost is in PENDING status, choose Outposts from the console and then select your Outpost to access the private connectivity option.
Can I reuse my existing servers in an Outpost?
No, the AWS Outposts rack only supports AWS-designed gear that is tailored for secure, high-performance, and reliable operations. It leverages AWS-designed infrastructure.
What type of storage is available on Outposts servers?
EC2 instance storage, which is block-level storage mounted on local SSD NVMe SSDs, is supported by outpost servers. By instance kind, the size of the instance storage varies. The lifecycle of an instance is connected to instance storage. If an EC2 instance is terminated, it does disappear.
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