[smt88]

> Multi-region deployment only work if your database is globally distributed too. However, making your database globally distributed creates a set of new problems, most of which take time away from your core business.

I have used multi-region for every production database I've deployed in the last ~8 years, and it took < 10 seconds of extra time. It's a core feature of services like RDS on AWS.

There is a benefit if you're multi-region (but not global) because individual regions go down all the time.

It costs more every month, but if you have a B2B business, it's worth the extra cost.

[DylanSp]

For RDS, are you talking about multi-region, or multi-AZ? I know the latter is easy, but I don't think the first is, though maybe Aurora makes it easier.

[smt88]

Multi-region, not just multi-AZ[1].

1. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_...

[DylanSp]

Oh, that's handy. Thanks for sharing!