Content Delivery Services Flashcards
Content Delivery Services
CloudFront
Global Accelerator
S3 Transfer Acceleration
content delivery network (CDN)
A CDN is a mechanism to deliver content quickly and efficiently based on geographic location with Low latency.
Amazon CloudFront
CloudFront is a CDN that delivers data and applications globally with low latency.
Uses edge locations to cache content.
Makes content available globally or restricts it based on location.
CloudFront is often used with S3 to deploy content globally.
CloudFront can stop certain web attacks, like DDoS.
Geo-restriction prevents users in certain countries from accessing content.
Amazon Global Accelerator
Global Accelerator sends your users through the AWS global
network when accessing your content, speeding up delivery.
Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
S3 Transfer Acceleration improves content uploads
and downloads to and from S3 buckets.
Fast transfer of files over long distances