Which IBM Cloud service can be deployed to reduce latency when serving static content such as documents, images, and video to end users dispersed across multiple geographies?

Question

Options

• AIBM Cloud VPC Bare Metal Server
• BIBM Cloud Databases read-replica instance
• CIBM Content Delivery Network
• DIBM Cloud Direct Link Connect

• A
  6% (1)
• C
  81% (13)
• D
  13% (2)

Explanation

IBM Content Delivery Network (CDN) is purpose-built to cache and serve static content - documents, images, video - from edge servers located close to end users worldwide, dramatically reducing latency by eliminating the need for requests to travel back to the origin server.

• A (VPC Bare Metal Server) is raw compute infrastructure; it hosts workloads but has no built-in global content distribution capability.
• B (Databases read-replica) reduces database read latency, not static asset delivery latency - it's a data layer solution, not a content distribution one.
• D (Direct Link Connect) provides dedicated private network connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and IBM Cloud; it improves network reliability and bandwidth but doesn't distribute content closer to end users globally.

Memory tip: Think "CDN = Content Delivery Near users." Any time a question mentions static content + multiple geographies + latency, CDN is the answer - it's the only service in the list whose entire purpose is geographic content distribution.

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