Global Accelerator improves availability and performance for global users by routing traffic over the AWS backbone network to the nearest healthy endpoint, using static anycast IP addresses.
Global Accelerator vs CloudFront
CloudFront caches content at the edge — best for static/cacheable web content. Global Accelerator doesn’t cache; it routes TCP/UDP traffic over AWS’s network to your application endpoints (ALBs, NLBs, EC2) with static IPs and fast failover — best for non-HTTP apps, gaming, or when you need fixed IPs.
Test yourself
A global gaming app uses UDP and needs static IP addresses plus fast failover between Regions, with no content caching. Which service?
- Amazon CloudFront
- AWS Global Accelerator
- Amazon Route 53 only
- Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
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Correct answer: B. Global Accelerator routes TCP/UDP traffic over the AWS backbone with static anycast IPs and fast regional failover — ideal for gaming and non-HTTP workloads. CloudFront (A) caches HTTP content; Route 53 (C) is DNS; Transfer Acceleration (D) speeds S3 uploads.
Related topics
Amazon CloudFront · Amazon Route 53 · Elastic Load Balancing
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