# What difference between edge and instace?

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797 "2022-11-18T22:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![huytrinh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/huytrinh/32/12285_2.png) [@huytrinh](https://community.fly.io/u/huytrinh)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797/1 "2022-11-18T22:29:55Z")

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Hi, I only deploy one instance to fra region. When I check the map, I see 2 dots for edge (North America) and region (Fra). What difference between those?

Also in the Data Out section, the region columns show 4 regions (fra, iad, ams, lga). What does that mean?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/e/a/ea80c98dd209579dafdc279e24970e5e554a8e90.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![wjordan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/wjordan/32/1280_2.png) [@wjordan](https://community.fly.io/u/wjordan)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797/2 "2022-11-18T22:37:18Z")

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‘Edge’ is the region that connections are accepted in and routed from, while ‘Instance’ is the region where your application instance is running that handles the traffic.

You can use the map of ‘Edge’ regions to get a sense of where your application’s traffic is coming from around the globe.

Your screenshot is showing incoming traffic coming mostly from the `iad` region (with some amount coming from `fra`, `ams` and `lga`), while your application instance is located in `fra`.

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**Author:** ![huytrinh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/huytrinh/32/12285_2.png) [@huytrinh](https://community.fly.io/u/huytrinh)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797/3 "2022-11-18T23:13:04Z")

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Thanks, I got it now.

I have only one instance with id 2dd61aac running

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/e/c/ec8db142f6ef10b015293c6274125c62230e36a2.png)

However, the dashboard shows so many instances, why so? See Network I/O

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/d/0/d09df6f8497b46ccfa94c8801deea31bd24ba0e5.jpeg)

Does each deployment create a new instance?

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**Author:** ![wjordan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/wjordan/32/1280_2.png) [@wjordan](https://community.fly.io/u/wjordan)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797/4 "2022-11-21T19:15:55Z")

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Yes, each new deployment creates a new instance of an app. The dashboard graphs are showing all of the previously-deployed instances on its timeline.

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**Author:** ![sw0rdf1sh\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@sw0rdf1sh\_13](https://community.fly.io/u/sw0rdf1sh_13)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-difference-between-edge-and-instace/8797/5 "2025-01-28T12:49:36Z")

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Are Edge locations also used for outgoing requests from Instances, or they only handle incoming?