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A media company wants to distribute video content globally with low latency to end users while caching content at locations close to viewers. Which AWS service should they use?
- AAWS Direct Connect
- BAWS Global Accelerator
- CAmazon Route 53
- DAmazon CloudFront
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Correct answer: D. Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that caches content at edge locations worldwide, reducing latency for end users accessing media content globally.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Direct Connect provides dedicated network connections between on-premises and AWS, not content caching.
- B. Global Accelerator improves availability/performance of applications using AWS's global network but does not cache content like a CDN.
- C. Route 53 is a DNS service for routing domain traffic, not for caching content.
Amazon CloudFront
AWS's content delivery network (CDN) that caches and delivers content from edge locations close to end users to reduce latency.
- Uses global edge locations
- Integrates with S3, EC2, and custom origins
- Reduces latency and origin load
Memory trick: CloudFront = Content at the Front door (edge)