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A global e-commerce company needs to distribute its static website content (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images) to customers worldwide with low latency and high transfer speeds. They also want to reduce the load on their origin servers. Which AWS service should they use?
- AAmazon EC2
- BAmazon Route 53
- CAmazon S3
- DAmazon CloudFront
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Correct answer: D. Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, by caching content at edge locations closer to users.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Amazon EC2 instances are virtual servers used for hosting dynamic applications, not primarily for global low-latency distribution of static content.
- B. Amazon Route 53 is a DNS service and while it can direct traffic, it doesn't cache content or distribute it globally for performance optimization itself.
- C. Amazon S3 can host static website content but does not inherently provide global low-latency distribution caching at edge locations.
Amazon CloudFront
A fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency.
- Global content delivery network (CDN)
- Caches content at edge locations
- Reduces latency and improves transfer speeds
- Offloads origin servers
Memory trick: CloudFront's edge, content on the wing, fast delivery, joy it will bring.