What is AWS Direct Connect used for?
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What is AWS Direct Connect used for?
AWS Direct Connect is a network service that provides an alternative to using the Internet to utilize AWS cloud services. AWS Direct Connect enables customers to have low latency, secure and private connections to AWS for workloads which require higher speed or lower latency than the internet.
What AWS service would you use to establish a dedicated connection for data transfer from your data center into an Amazon region?
AWS Direct Connect
AWS Direct Connect offers dedicated high speed, low latency connection, which bypasses internet service providers in your network path. An AWS Direct Connect location provides access to Amazon Web Services in the region it is associated with, as well as access to other US regions.
Where is AWS Direct Connect available?
AWS Direct Connect Locations
| AWS Direct Connect Location | Associated AWS Region |
|---|---|
| STT Delhi DC2, Delhi, India | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) |
| STT GDC India Pvt. Ltd. VSB, Chennai, India | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) |
| STT Hyderabad DC1, Hyderabad, India | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) |
| KINX, Seoul, South Korea | Asia Pacific (Seoul) |
What is Direct Connect VPC?
AWS Direct Connect makes it easy to establish a dedicated connection from an on-premises network to one or more VPCs in the same region. A Direct Connect gateway is a globally available resource to enable connections to multiple Amazon VPCs across different regions or AWS accounts.
What is direct connection?
A direct connection is a situation in which one computer is directly linked to another computer by a cable instead of a network. This kind of connection is typically faster than using a network. The two computers can transfer data through this method.
What is Cloud Direct Connect?
Public Cloud direct connect is a secure private connection between customer infrastructure and a public cloud. DataBank has partnered with Megaport, a leading provider of SDN-based elastic interconnection solutions to bring public cloud access to DataBank data center locations.
How do I use Direct Connect?
Classic
- Prerequisites.
- Step 1: Sign up for AWS.
- Step 2: Request an AWS Direct Connect dedicated connection or accept a hosted connection.
- (Dedicated connection) Step 3: Download the LOA-CFA.
- Step 4: Create a virtual interface.
- Step 5: Download the router configuration.
- Step 6: Verify your virtual interface.