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Create a Zone
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## Create a Zone

Once you have started the command line interface and configured a store name, you can create at least one Zone. It is possible, and even desirable, to create more than one Zone. Multiple Zones are used to improve the availability of your store. These instructions describe the installation using a single Zone. For a complete walk-through of a store deployment with multiple Zones, see Configuring with Multiple Zones.

### Note

Once you have added Storage Nodes to a Zone, you cannot remove the Zone from your store.

When you execute the `plan deploy-zone` command, the CLI returns the plan number and whatever additional information it has about plan status. This command takes the following arguments:

- zone name

  A string to identify the name of the Zone.

- replication factor

  A number specifying the replication factor.

For additional information on how to identify your replication factor and its implications, see Replication Factor.

When you execute the `plan deploy-zone` command, the CLI returns the plan number. It also returns instructions on how to check the plan's status, or to wait for it to complete. For example:

    kv-> plan deploy-zone -name "Boston" -rf 3 -wait
    Executed plan 1, waiting for completion...
    Plan 1 ended successfully
    kv->

You can show the plans and their status by using the `show plans` command.

    kv-> show plans
    1 Deploy Zone (1)          SUCCEEDED

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