AWS Global Accelerator
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Leverage AWS internal network to route your application.
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2 Anycast IPs are created for your application.
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Anycast IP sends the traffic directly to the Edge Locations.
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The Edge locations sends the traffic to your application.
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Works with Elastic IP, EC2 Instances, ALB, NLB, etc.
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Consistent Performance
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Health Checks
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Security
Unicast IP vs Anycast IP
- Unicast IP: One server holds one IP.
- Anycast IP: All servers holds the same IP; client is routed to the nearest one.