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A global media company uses Google Cloud to host its video streaming platform. They are experiencing performance issues for users in certain geographical regions, specifically higher latency and slower load times. They need to optimize content delivery to ensure a consistent, high-quality experience for all users worldwide. Which Google Cloud service should they implement to address this challenge?
- ACloud VPN
- BVPC Service Controls
- CCloud Load Balancing (Internal)
- DCloud CDN
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Correct answer: D. Cloud CDN
Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network) caches content at edge locations globally, closer to users. This significantly reduces latency and improves load times for geographically dispersed users, which is critical for a global video streaming platform.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Cloud VPN creates secure tunnels between networks, not for optimizing content delivery performance.
- B. VPC Service Controls protect against data exfiltration, unrelated to content delivery performance.
- C. Internal Load Balancing distributes traffic within a single VPC network, not for global content delivery.
Cloud CDN
Google Cloud's Content Delivery Network service that caches content at Google's global edge locations.
- Reduces latency and improves content delivery speed
- Offloads traffic from origin servers, reducing their load
- Integrates with Google Cloud Load Balancing (External HTTP(S))
Memory trick: Deliver content globally, super fast!