To avoid performance impact due to network latency, locate the Secure Agent and the components it interacts with in the same region. For example, if your cloud data warehouse end points are located in an AWS US-West region, locate the Secure Agent machine within the US-West region.
If the Secure Agent and the components are deployed on the same cloud environment without on-premise components, put them on the same VPC/subnet. The availability zones should also be in the same region.
The following image shows the
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Secure Agent and the components that it interacts with: