Alternatives To Direct Connect

How Direct Connect Works?

Direct Connect works by establishing a dedicated physical connection between your on-premises network and an AWS Direct Connect location, by bypassing the public internet. This physical connection can be established using fiber optic cables or Ethernet etc. After the physical connection setup, a virtual interface (logical connection) between your on-premises network and AWS environment needs to be configured. Once you are done with the configuration of virtual interfaces, you can start using the Direct Connect connection to access services such as managing Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), storage services, and others. You can also monitor the performance and usage of connection using AWS tools and services to track bandwidth utilization etc....

How To Set Up Direct Connect?

The following are steps to be followed to set up a Direct Connect connection to your on-premises network or data center:...

Direct Connect Component

Connections: Create a communication from your premises to an AWS Region in an AWS Direct Connect location....

Benefits of Using Direct Connect

It provides a connection with high bandwidth and low latency, hence reliability and performance are increased. Since a dedicated private connection is established completely bypassing the public internet hence adds to the security of your connection. Data transfer over AWS Direct Connect is very cost-effective as compared to using the typical public network....

Costs of Direct Connect

There is no minimum setup fee for AWS Direct Connect, you have to pay for what you use. Pricing is based on three factors:...

Alternatives To Direct Connect

Apart from AWS Direct Connect, many other companies provide the facility of a Virtual Private Network, various such companies which are comparable and can be considered as an alternative for AWS, are Hostwinds, Cloudways, Aviatrix, etc....

Conclusion

Using the public network for firms using cloud-based storage, for daily movement of data not only costs heavy but there are heavy risks of security and data loss, redundancy, and speed since they have to the network with a large population, in order to add one more layer of security and increased speed in cheaper rates, AWS Direct Connect can be helpful....