Global Accelerator

Question 1

What does Global Accelerator provide?

Answer 1

Entry into the AWS Global Network at a location that is closer to the customer than if their traffic traversed the normal Internet. This speeds up data transfer, reduces latency, and significantly increases performance. It DOES NOT cache content.

Question 2

What does Global Accelerator use to direct traffic to GA locations?

Answer 2

Anycast IP addresses. Every GA location uses the same two Anycast addresses and global Internet routers move traffic to the closest location.

Question 3

When should you use Global Accelerator and when should you use CloudFront?

Answer 3

Global Accelerator
- When you are using non-HTTP/S protocols (TCP/UDP)
- When you want to speed up access to AWS service beyond content delivery

CloudFront
- When you want to cache HTTP/S content