A global media company needs to distribute large video files (up to 50 GB each) to its content creators and partners located worldwide. These files are updated frequently, and fast, reliable downloads are crucial for collaboration. The solution must provide high throughput and low latency for uploads and downloads from any location. Which AWS storage and networking services combination should they use?
- AAmazon S3 Transfer Acceleration with Amazon CloudFront.
- BAmazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points with AWS Global Accelerator.
- CAmazon EFS with AWS Direct Connect to all regions.
- DAmazon S3 Standard with Cross-Region Replication and AWS Global Accelerator.
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Correct answer: B. Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points with AWS Global Accelerator.
Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points provide a single global endpoint to access S3 buckets across multiple regions, automatically routing requests to the nearest bucket for low latency. When combined with AWS Global Accelerator, which uses the AWS global network backbone, this offers significantly improved performance and reliability for transferring large files globally.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. S3 Transfer Acceleration speeds up transfers to/from a single bucket. CloudFront is for content delivery to end-users, not for large-file collaboration uploads/downloads between content creators/partners.
- C. Amazon EFS is a regional network file system, not suitable for global distribution of large objects. AWS Direct Connect is for private connectivity to AWS, not for public internet-based global file distribution.
- D. S3 Cross-Region Replication copies objects but doesn't provide a single global endpoint or optimize routing to the nearest bucket for uploads/downloads directly. Global Accelerator helps performance but needs a good S3 access point.
S3 Multi-Region Access Points + Global Accelerator
Combining S3 Multi-Region Access Points with AWS Global Accelerator creates a highly performant and resilient architecture for global file distribution, providing low-latency access and high throughput for large object transfers.
- S3 MRAPs provide a single global endpoint for S3 buckets across regions.
- Automatically routes requests to the nearest S3 bucket.
- Global Accelerator further optimizes network path over AWS backbone.
- Ideal for large file transfers (uploads/downloads) globally.
- Enhances availability and performance for collaborators worldwide.
Memory trick: MRAPs are like global S3 doors, and Global Accelerator is the express lane to them.