Global Architectures
AWS enables you to build applications that span multiple regions and data centers. Here are two common global architecture patterns:
- Direct Connect Failover: High-bandwidth dedicated connections with fault tolerance
- Multi-Region Content Delivery: Global content distribution using CloudFront and Route 53
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Architecture Patterns
Direct Connect Failover
Use this pattern when you need high bandwidth dedicated connections for large data transfers and critical applications.
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- Customer network: Clients and servers requiring secure, high-bandwidth connections
- Router/firewall: Connects customer network to Direct Connect
- Multiple connections: Provides fault tolerance and increased bandwidth
- Virtual private gateway: Routes traffic securely to VPC resources
Multi-Region Content Delivery
Use this pattern to deliver content globally with low latency using CloudFront and Route 53.
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- Users: Access website via custom domain; request goes to Route 53
- Routing policy: Route 53 determines closest Region and edge location
- Edge locations: CloudFront serves cached content from nearest location
- Origin servers: Content fetched from origin across multiple AZs for high availability
