To improve the performance of your high-traffic web application which has globally distributed users, you decide to use 'AWS Global Accelerator'. How does it differ from a standard CloudFront setup?

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Correct Answer: Global Accelerator uses Anycast at the Edge to route TCP/UDP traffic, while CloudFront is a CDN for HTTP(S) content

Global Accelerator optimizes the network path for any TCP/UDP traffic, whereas CloudFront focuses on content delivery and caching....

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To improve the performance of your high-traffic web application which has globally distributed users, you decide to use 'AWS Global Accelerator'. How does it differ from a standard CloudFront setup?

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Correct Answer

Global Accelerator uses Anycast at the Edge to route TCP/UDP traffic, while CloudFront is a CDN for HTTP(S) content

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Global Accelerator optimizes the network path for any TCP/UDP traffic, whereas CloudFront focuses on content delivery and caching.

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