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How Can I Determine Which Region to Store My Data?

When selecting a region, consider the following factors:

  • Location

    You are advised to select a region close to you or your target users. This reduces network latency and improves access speed. However, Chinese mainland regions provide the same infrastructure, BGP network quality, as well as resource operations and configurations. Therefore, if you or your target users are in the Chinese mainland, you do not need to consider the network latency differences when selecting a region.

    • If you or your target users are in the Asia Pacific area (excluding the Chinese mainland), select the CN-Hong Kong, AP-Bangkok, or AP-Singapore region.
    • If you or your target users are in Africa, select the AF-Johannesburg region.
    • If you or your target users are in Europe, select the EU-Paris region.
  • Relationship between cloud services

    If you use multiple cloud services together, pay attention to the following constraints:

    • ECS, RDS, and OBS cannot communicate with each other over the intranet if they are not in the same region.
    • ECSs in different regions cannot be deployed on the same load balancer.
  • Resource price

    Resource prices may vary in different regions. For details, see Product Pricing Details.

Parent topic: OBS Basics