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Domain 3.4: Network PerformanceDomain 3PerformanceGlobal AcceleratorNetworking

AWS SAA-C03 · Question 48 · Domain 3.4: Network Performance

A multiplayer gaming company has users worldwide connecting to game servers hosted in the eu-central-1 Region. Users in Asia are experiencing high latency and packet loss due to the unpredictable nature of the public internet. How can a solutions architect improve the network performance for these users?

Answer options:

A.

Use Amazon CloudFront to cache the game server responses.

B.

Use AWS Global Accelerator to route traffic over the AWS global network.

C.

Set up an AWS Direct Connect connection to Asia.

D.

Enable VPC Peering between eu-central-1 and an Asian Region.

How to approach this question

For non-HTTP traffic (gaming, IoT) experiencing internet latency, AWS Global Accelerator is the solution.

Full Answer

B.Use AWS Global Accelerator to route traffic over the AWS global network.✓ Correct
AWS Global Accelerator is a networking service that improves the performance of your users' traffic by up to 60% using Amazon's global network infrastructure. It is ideal for non-HTTP use cases, such as gaming (UDP), IoT (MQTT), or Voice over IP, routing traffic to the closest edge location and then over the AWS backbone.

Common mistakes

Choosing CloudFront. CloudFront is for HTTP/HTTPS caching, while Global Accelerator is for TCP/UDP network routing optimization.

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