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A global e-commerce company needs to ensure that their web application, hosted on Compute Engine, maintains high availability and low latency for users across multiple continents. They anticipate frequent traffic spikes and require automatic scaling. Which Google Cloud networking product should they use to meet these requirements?
- ANetwork Load Balancing (TCP/UDP)
- BExternal HTTP(S) Load Balancing (Global)
- CRegional External HTTP(S) Load Balancing
- DInternal HTTP(S) Load Balancing
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Correct answer: B. External HTTP(S) Load Balancing (Global)
External HTTP(S) Load Balancing (Global) is designed for global applications requiring high availability, low latency, and automatic scaling across multiple regions. It uses a single global IP address and directs traffic to the closest healthy backend.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Network Load Balancing (TCP/UDP) is a pass-through load balancer operating at Layer 4, less suitable for advanced HTTP/HTTPS features and global content distribution.
- C. Regional External HTTP(S) Load Balancing is for applications requiring a regional IP address and traffic distribution within a single region, not across multiple continents.
- D. Internal HTTP(S) Load Balancing is for internal services within a VPC network, not global external traffic.
External HTTP(S) Load Balancing (Global)
A global, Layer 7 load balancer that distributes HTTP/HTTPS traffic to backend services across multiple regions, providing a single global IP address, high availability, and low latency.
- Global IP address
- Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) traffic management
- Distributes traffic across multiple regions
- Supports advanced features like SSL offload, URL maps
Memory trick: Global users need a Global balancer for speedy service.