Leveraging the AWS GI

Let's learn about the different Global Applications in AWS

Route53 :

• Highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service.

• Choose a domain name and then register it with Route53 (domain registration).

• Can do health checks on AWS resources.

Route 53 Routing Policies :

1. Simple Routing Policy : No health checks, simple DNS routing.

2. Weighted Routing Policy : Distribute traffic unequally or equally across multiple instances. => Kind of like load balancing but you define the balance).

3. Latency Routing Policy - Routes user to the closest server/instances for least latency.

4. Failover Routing Policy - Health checks the primary instance and if it unhealthy, it routes user to the "failover" instance.

AWS CloudFront :

• Fast and secure Content Delivery Network (CDN) service.

• Provides low latency for content by caching it at AWS edge locations.

• DDoS protection because it has shield included.

• Differs from S3 cross Region Replication.

S3 Transfer Acceleration :

• Enable fast, easy, and secure transfers of files over long distances between your client and an S3 bucket.

• As the data arrives at an edge location, data is routed to Amazon S3 over an optimized network path.

Global Accelerator :

• Sends user's traffic through AWS's global network infrastructure.

• When the internet is congested, Global Accelerator's automatic routing optimizations will help keep packet loss, jitter, and latency consistently low.

AWS Outposts ;

• Hybrid Cloud : business that keep an on-premises infrastructure alongside a cloud infrastructure

• AWS Outposts are 'server racks' that offers the same AWS infrastructure, services, APIs & tools to build your own applications on-premises just as in the cloud

• AWS will setup and manage 'outposts racks' within your on-premises infrastructure and you can start leveraging AWS services on-premises

• Benefits : -> Low-latency access to on-premises systems -> Local data processing -> Data residency -> Easier migration from on-premises to the cloud -> Fully managed service.

AWS WaveLenght ;

• WaveLenght Zones are infrastructure deployments, embedded within the telecommunications providers, datacenters at the edge of the 5G networks.

• Brings AWS services to the edge of the 5G networks

• Ultra-low latency applications through 5G server

• traffic doesn't leave Communication Server Provider's (CSP) network

• High-bandwidth and secure connection to the parent AWS Region.

• Use cases : Smart cities, ML-assisted diagnostics, AR/VR..

Global Applications in AWS - Summary

Global DNS - Route53

• Great to route users to the closest deployment with least latency

• Great for disaster recovery strategies

Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) - CloudFront :

• Replicate part of your application to AWS Edge Locations - decrease latency.

• Cache common requests - improved user experience and decreased latency

S3 Transfer Acceleration :

• Accelerate global uploads & downloads into Amazon S3.

AWS Global Accelerator :

• Improve global application availability and performance using the AWS global network.

AWS Outposts :

• Deploy Outposts Racks in your own Data Centers to extend AWS services.

AWS WaveLenght :

• Bring AWS services to the edge of the 5G networks

• Ultra-low latency applications