You need private, high-bandwidth connectivity to a data center. What fits?
Why D is the answer
Cloud Interconnect
Interconnect gives private, high-bandwidth links. VPN runs encrypted over the internet.
In detail
- Cloud Interconnect gives private, high-bandwidth connectivity.
- It takes longer to set up than VPN.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A bank needs a private, high-bandwidth link to its data center, so it uses Cloud Interconnect.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD
A{"Connection need"} -->|"Encrypted over the internet"| B["Cloud VPN"]
A -->|"Private, high bandwidth"| C["Cloud Interconnect"]mindmap
root((Connectivity))
Hybrid
Cloud Interconnect
Cloud VPN
Shared
Shared VPC
Private access
Private Service Connect
Identity-Aware Proxy
APIs
Apigeeflowchart TD
Q{"What do you need?"}
Q -->|"High bandwidth, private"| A0["Cloud Interconnect"]
Q -->|"Quick, encrypted, low cost"| A1["Cloud VPN"]Key point: Interconnect gives private, high-bandwidth links.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A public IP on each VM
- Public IPs are not private.
- B. Cloud VPN alone over a slow link
- A slow VPN does not meet the bandwidth need.
- C. A shared SSH key
- An SSH key is not connectivity.