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AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

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  1. weinzierl · · focus · HN ↗
    The data center layout should look something like this:

        me (Middle East)
    ├── me-south-1 (Bahrain) DOWN since 2026-04
    │   ├── mes1-az1 DOWN
    │   │   └── mes1-mct1-az1 (Oman, Muscat) ???
    │   ├── mes1-az2 DOWN since 2026-03-01
    │   └── mes1-az3 DOWN
    ├── me-central-1 (United Arab Emirates)
    │   ├── mec1-az1
    │   ├── mec1-az2 DOWN since 2026-03-01
    │   └── mec1-az3         DOWN since 2026-03-01
    └── il-central-1 (Israel, Tel Aviv)
        ├── ilc1-az1
        ├── ilc1-az2
        └── ilc1-az3
    Not sure about the Muscat local zone, whole me-south-1 region has been reported down despite Muscat still being operational.

    If someone had told me a year ago that a whole AWS region could go down I'd called them crazy, but now me is close to exactly that happening.

    See also previous discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49033240">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49033240

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