#availability-zones
Whales sleeping upright with half their brains resting is the ocean's version of running two availability zones and never taking maintenance downtime.
September 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
https://lckhd.eu/RNVZ38

#Kubernetes #AmazonEKS #Descheduler #Resilience

When a node group is updated or a Spot interruption empties the workers in one AZ, displaced pods land in the remaining AZs. After capacity comes back, every node looks healthy, but the running pods no longer match the spread
Fix pod distribution drift in Amazon EKS with the Kubernetes descheduler | Amazon Web Services
A workload spread across three Availability Zones does not necessarily stay spread. This post explains why soft topology spread constraints drift after a node-availability gap, measures the cost, and shows how the Kubernetes descheduler restores even pod distribution on Amazon EKS without downtime and without forcing hard constraints.
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September 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This article explains how pod distribution drift occurs in Amazon EKS under soft topology spread constraints and demonstrates using the Kubernetes descheduler to restore balanced pod placement across availability zones.
Fix pod distribution drift in Amazon EKS with the Kubernetes descheduler
This article explains how pod distribution drift occurs in Amazon EKS under soft topology spread constraints and demonstrates using the Kubernetes descheduler to restore balanced pod placement across availability zones.
aws-news.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
📰 New article by Ramya D, Himanshu Bansal, Tushar Mishra

Fix pod distribution drift in Amazon EKS with the Kubernetes descheduler

#AWS #Containers
Fix pod distribution drift in Amazon EKS with the Kubernetes descheduler
A workload spread across three Availability Zones does not necessarily stay spread. This post explains why soft topology spread constraints drift after a node-availability gap, measures the cost, and shows how the Kubernetes descheduler restores even pod distribution on Amazon EKS without downtime and without forcing hard constraints.
aws.amazon.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:06 PM
AWS says data stored only in its Bahrain region can't be recovered. The damage "spanned multiple availability zones."

Multi-AZ answers a smaller question than it sounds like. A backup in the same region shares its fate.

Copy it out of the region.

#AWS #DisasterRecovery #SRE
September 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Two zones or three? A design framework for zone-resilient #Azure workloads buff.ly/rQDEIDT #architecture
How to choose between two-zone and three-zone Azure architectures | Microsoft Azure Blog
Learn how to design zone-resilient Azure workloads by choosing the right availability zone strategy for each component, balancing reliability, cost, and operational complexity.
buff.ly
September 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Madhya Pradesh Builds Industry-Friendly Ecosystem with Focus on Power, Water and Land Bank: CM Mohan Yadav

Indore, September 26, 2026: Madhya Pradesh is strengthening its industrial ecosystem by focusing on key infrastructure requirements such as reliable power supply, water availability,…
Madhya Pradesh Builds Industry-Friendly Ecosystem with Focus on Power, Water and Land Bank: CM Mohan Yadav
Indore, September 26, 2026: Madhya Pradesh is strengthening its industrial ecosystem by focusing on key infrastructure requirements such as reliable power supply, water availability, industrial land and the development of new industrial zones, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said on Saturday. Addressing industrialists at the launch of the Indore chapter of the Hindu Economic Forum at Hotel Sheraton in Indore, the Chief Minister outlined the state government's priorities for promoting investment, entrepreneurship and employment under the theme…
sdna.in
September 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"Understanding Amazon EBS Volumes :- A Beginner-Friendly Explanation" by Sumit Ravidas

#amazon-ec2 #amazon-ebs #availability-zones
Understanding Amazon EBS Volumes :- A Beginner-Friendly Explanation
A simple explanation of Amazon EBS Volumes :- How they attach to EC2 instances, persistence, Availability Zones, and common beginner misconceptions.
community.aws
September 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Reposted: Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones https://www.dcac.com/2025/12/15/streamlining-azure-vm-moves-into-availability-zones/
September 23, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Hyderabad adds three availability zones, with more Azure AI services due over coming months. For migrations this quarter, resilience testing and region-specific service checks will matter alongside cooling performance.
September 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
AWS says it cannot restore data held exclusively in a damaged UAE availability zone, or exclusively in its Bahrain region, after strikes during the conflict with Iran.

Multi-AZ and S3 durability are regional properties.

www.infoq.com/news/2026/09...
AWS Cannot Restore Data Held Only in Damaged Middle East Availability Zones
AWS has told customers it cannot restore resources and data hosted exclusively in the mec1-az2 availability zone in the UAE, or exclusively in the Bahrain region, after damage during the conflict with...
www.infoq.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
AWS a confirmé son incapacité à restaurer des données hébergées dans ses régions de Bahreïn et des Émirats, à la suite d'attaques de drones.

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September 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Amazon Web Services reported that war damage to its Middle East infrastructure permanently destroyed resources and data hosted exclusively in its Bahrain Availability Zones.

Source: The Register
Are we human?
Amazon Web Services reported that war damage to its Middle East infrastructure permanently destroyed resources and data hosted exclusively in its Bahrain Availability Zones.
www.theregister.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
AWS cannot restore resources and data hosted exclusively in specific availability zones in the UAE and cannot restore access to resources and data hosted exclusively in the Bahrain region.
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September 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
AWS cannot restore resources and data hosted exclusively in specific availability zones in the UAE and cannot restore access to resources and data hosted exclusively in the Bahrain region.
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September 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Collateral Damage

Per Amazon Web Services: Iranian drone strikes left some of Amazon’s data centers in tatters. Amazon admitted it was “unable to restore access” on local data centers. The damage extended across several availability zones in the same region.
#Blues
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Iran Drone Strikes on Amazon Data Centers Are Permanently Deleting Customer Data (Futurism)
As the USA’s war with Iran shows no signs of letting up, strikes on data centers are putting not just human lives in peril, but even customer data. According...
l.smartnews.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
#aws should rename Availability Zones to Blast Radius Zones.
September 18, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The company admitted that it was “unable to restore access to the resources and data hosted” on local data centers. The damage extended across several “availability zones,” which are clusters of one or more data centers in the same region.
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Iran Drone Strikes on Amazon Data Centers Are Permanently Deleting Customer Data (Futurism)
As the USA’s war with Iran shows no signs of letting up, strikes on data centers are putting not just human lives in peril, but even customer data. According...
l.smartnews.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM