FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS

CLOUD COMPUTING AND DATABASES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A characteristic of edge locations is that they:
A
host Amazon EC2 instances closer to users.
B
help lower latency and improve performance for users.
C
cache frequently changing data without reaching the origin server.
D
refresh data changes daily.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An edge location is where end-users access services located at AWS. They are located in most of the major cities around the world and are specifically used by CloudFront (CDN) to distribute content to end-user to reduce latency. It is like the frontend for the service we access which is located in the AWS cloud.

Detailed explanation-2: -A site that CloudFront uses to cache copies of your content for faster delivery to users at any location.

Detailed explanation-3: -Amazon CloudFront can be used to deliver your entire website, including dynamic, static, streaming, and interactive content using a global network of edge locations. Requests for your content are automatically routed to the nearest edge location, so content is delivered with the best possible performance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Regional edge caches are CloudFront locations that are deployed globally, close to your viewers. They’re located between your origin server and the POPs-global edge locations that serve content directly to viewers.

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