COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CLOUD COMPUTING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -True or false? Edge locations are only located in the same general area as Regions. The correct answer is False.
Detailed explanation-2: -Global Edge Network CloudFront edge locations are connected to the AWS Regions through the AWS network backbone-fully redundant, multiple 100GbE parallel fiber that circles the globe and links with tens of thousands of networks for improved origin fetches and dynamic content acceleration.
Detailed explanation-3: -Edge locations expand the reach of the AWS network, and they’re typically found in colocation facilities. These are third-party data centers, which have lots of bandwidth and connect with other networks and providers.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are many more edge locations than regions and availability zones.
Detailed explanation-5: -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 frontend for the service we access which are located in AWS cloud.