Availability Set vs Availability Zone
Availability Set |
Availability Zone |
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Logical grouping of virtual machines. |
One data center represents an availability zone in a single region. |
Availability sets help to improve the availability of your VMs by spreading them across different fault domains and update domains. |
If one availability zone is failed the data which is available in the other availability zone can be used. |
It provides fault domain and updated domain isolation. |
The servers will be distributed across the multiple available zones. |
Microsoft Azure – What are Regions and Availability Zones
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