Networking and content delivery

The optimal networking solution for a workload varies based on latency, throughput requirements, jitter, and bandwidth. Physical constraints, such as user or on-premises resources, determine location options. These constraints can be offset with edge locations or resource placement.

On AWS, networking is virtualized and is available in a number of different types and configurations. This makes it easier to match your networking needs. AWS offers product features (for example, Enhanced Networking, Amazon EC2 networking optimized instances, Amazon S3 transfer acceleration, and dynamic Amazon CloudFront) to optimize network traffic. AWS also offers networking features (for example, Amazon Route 53 latency routing, Amazon VPC endpoints, AWS Direct Connect, and AWS Global Accelerator) to reduce network distance or jitter.

This focus area shares guidance and best practices to design, configure, and operate efficient networking and content delivery solutions in the cloud.

Best practices

• PERF04-BP01 Understand how networking impacts performance
• PERF04-BP02 Evaluate available networking features
• PERF04-BP03 Choose appropriate dedicated connectivity or VPN for your workload
• PERF04-BP04 Use load balancing to distribute traffic across multiple resources
• PERF04-BP05 Choose network protocols to improve performance
• PERF04-BP06 Choose your workload's location based on network requirements
• PERF04-BP07 Optimize network configuration based on metrics