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A multi-region location consists of a defined set of
regions where multiple replicas of the database
are stored. Each replica is either a read-write replica which contains
all of the data in the database or a witness replica which does not
maintain a full set of data but participates in replication.
By replicating the data between multiple regions, data
can continue to be served even with the loss of an entire
region. Within a region, data is replicated across
zones so that data can continue to be served
within that region even with the loss of a zone.
Each multi-region location includes at least two read-write regions that serve
read and write traffic. A third region is a witness region in nam5 and
a read-write region in eur3.
The following multi-region locations are available:
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