Task Statement 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures

This study group will explore high availability (HA) and fault tolerance (FT) strategies using AWS global infrastructure, distributed architectures, disaster recovery (DR) strategies, and automation techniques.

We will follow SecureCart, an e-commerce platform, as they build resilient AWS architectures to ensure zero downtime, disaster recovery readiness, and workload visibility.

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📅 Study Group Agenda

Week	Topic	Key AWS Services
Week 1	AWS Global Infrastructure & Distributed Design	AWS Regions, Availability Zones, Route 53
Week 2	Load Balancing & Failover Strategies	ALB, NLB, Route 53 Failover, RDS Proxy
Week 3	Disaster Recovery (DR) Strategies & Business Continuity	AWS Backup, Multi-Region Failover, RTO/RPO
Week 4	Automation & Immutable Infrastructure	AWS Auto Scaling, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Week 5	Monitoring & Workload Visibility	AWS X-Ray, CloudWatch, AWS Health
Week 6	Hands-on Labs & Final Challenge	Implementing HA & DR Strategies

Final Study Group Summary

Week	Focus Area	Outcome
Week 1	Global Infrastructure & Distributed Design	Deploy HA Applications Using AWS Regions & AZs
Week 2	Load Balancing & Failover	Use ALB, Route 53 Failover & RDS Proxy
Week 3	Disaster Recovery Strategies	Implement AWS Backup & Multi-Region Failover
Week 4	Automation & Immutable Infrastructure	Deploy Auto Scaling & AWS Elastic DR
Week 5	Monitoring & Workload Visibility	Monitor HA Workloads Using AWS X-Ray & CloudWatch
Week 6	Hands-on Scenarios	Apply HA & DR Strategies Across AWS Workloads

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🚀 Next Steps

Would you like: ✅ Terraform automation scripts for HA & DR architectures? ✅ Scenario-based quizzes for each study group session? ✅ Instructor-led deep-dive discussions?