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Domain 2.2: Highly Available ArchitecturesResilienceRoute 53Multi-Region

AWS SAA-C03 · Question 27 · Domain 2.2: Highly Available Architectures

A global application is deployed in two AWS Regions: us-east-1 and eu-west-1. The company wants to route users to the region that provides the lowest network latency. Which Amazon Route 53 routing policy should be used?

Answer options:

A.

Geolocation routing policy

B.

Latency routing policy

C.

Failover routing policy

D.

Weighted routing policy

How to approach this question

Match 'lowest network latency' directly with the Route 53 Latency routing policy.

Full Answer

B.Latency routing policy✓ Correct
Latency routing policy
Use latency-based routing when you have resources in multiple AWS Regions and you want to route traffic to the region that provides the best latency.

Common mistakes

Choosing Geolocation. While similar, Geolocation is based on geography, whereas Latency is based on actual network performance.

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