S3 Global Accelerator

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Amazon S3 Global Accelerator is a service that improves the performance of your Amazon S3 uploads and downloads, especially for global users accessing S3 buckets. It leverages AWS’s global network of edge locations and uses Amazon CloudFront for content delivery, resulting in faster and more reliable file transfers.

Here’s a breakdown of how S3 Global Accelerator improves upload and download performance, and how to set it up:

How Amazon S3 Global Accelerator Improves Uploads & Downloads:

  1. Optimized Routing:
    • S3 Global Accelerator routes your traffic through the AWS global network, which uses edge locations in AWS regions worldwide.
    • It automatically routes traffic to the nearest AWS edge location, reducing the distance data has to travel and improving latency.
  2. Reduced Latency:
    • By using edge locations, S3 Global Accelerator provides lower latency for upload and download requests, even for users who are geographically far from the S3 bucket.
    • Data is transferred from the nearest AWS edge location to the S3 bucket, improving overall speed compared to routing directly over the public internet.
  3. Improved Throughput:
    • S3 Global Accelerator can optimize the throughput for large uploads and downloads by using AWS’s global network instead of the public internet, which might have inconsistent routing.
    • This is especially beneficial for large, long-running file uploads or downloads.
  4. Highly Available and Reliable:
    • In case of network congestion or failure at one edge location, the Global Accelerator automatically routes the traffic to another healthy location, ensuring that the upload or download continues without interruption.
    • This failover capability ensures higher availability for large or important file transfers.
  5. Support for Both Uploads and Downloads:
    • You can upload and download data from Amazon S3 through Global Accelerator. It works for both directions (ingress and egress) of traffic.
    • The service improves performance for uploads from end users to Amazon S3, as well as downloads when users need to retrieve objects from S3 buckets.