# Configure Amazon EMR cluster location and data storage
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This section describes how to configure the region for a cluster, the different file systems available when you use Amazon EMR and how to use them. It also covers how to prepare or upload data to Amazon EMR if necessary, as well as how to prepare an output location for log files and any output data files you configure.

**Topics**
+ [Choose an AWS Region for your Amazon EMR cluster](emr-plan-region.md)
+ [Working with storage and file systems with Amazon EMR](emr-plan-file-systems.md)
+ [Prepare input data for processing with Amazon EMR](emr-plan-input.md)
+ [Configure a location for Amazon EMR cluster output](emr-plan-output.md)