Global Accelerator
Explore how AWS Global Accelerator optimizes application performance for local and global users by routing traffic through anycast IP addresses to the nearest edge location. Understand how it leverages the AWS global network to reduce latency and improve reliability for TCP and UDP applications, offering a different approach compared to CloudFront caching. This lesson helps you grasp techniques to enhance network connectivity and user experience by minimizing data travel distance and ensuring consistent performance across regions.
AWS Global Accelerator is a service designed to enhance the performance of applications for both local and global users. By creating accelerators, users can optimize the delivery of their internet applications by leveraging AWS’s global network infrastructure.
Anycast IP addresses and edge locations
AWS Global Accelerator utilizes anycast IP addresses, a special IP address that can be used by multiple devices simultaneously. Unlike traditional unicast IP addresses, anycast IP addresses can simultaneously be assigned to multiple devices or network interfaces. This unique feature allows multiple devices to share the same IP address across different locations. Each Global Accelerator edge location has this pair of anycast IP addresses. When traffic ...