AWS Direct Connect provides a facility to create a dedicated network (private connectivity) connection between AWS and a traditional data center or on-premises network or colocation environment. The very first question should be: why it is required when we can access AWS resources over the internet? The answers follow:
- It is used to transfer data without using the public internet.
- It provides a secure and consistent network.
- A high-bandwidth network connection between the on-premises network and single or multiple VPCs is available in AWS. The next question is about capacity:
- It provides 1 GBps and 10 GBps connections
- Compatibility with AWS services:
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
- Amazon Simple Storage Service
Now, here's another question: how does AWS Direct Connect works?
The following is...