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by jzoch 1880 days ago
Definitely not true. Cross AZ is incredibly high compared to within the same AZ. We run a bespoke multi-master database setup that must be colocated to the same AZ due to unacceptable latencies when run spread across 3 AZ's. A few ms difference
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(i work at aws)

yes, while in my opinion most services won't care about the distinction between cross-az/same-az (you're definitely not most services :) ), you can definitely tell the difference between

* in the same region vs not

* in the same az vs not

* in the same placement group or not

which shouldn't be surprising. you should get a latency benefit from increased physical proximity!