Defining AZ
Diving a bit deeper, a given region can group one or more AZs. It simply defines a logical grouping of compute nodes. At a more granular level, a user can specify which AZ will host his/her instance(s). The blessing of such a conceptual segregation model is in its simple usage.
There is no need for any additional installation of any services, it just grabs and gathers the Nova services installed and running in a given region. Moreover, the modification and changes of the grouping can be adjusted on the fly. You will realize the enormous advantages of using the AZs when designing for a fault cloud environment. Relying on one group of compute nodes sharing the same physical infrastructure is risky and might lead to an out of service ...
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