Implementing Amazon Route 53 Health Checks in a Multi-Record Environment and their Benefits for High-Availability Systems

Mohit Thodupunuri

Abstract: Amazon Route 53 is a powerful DNS web service that not only manages traffic routing for domain names but also enables advanced health monitoring. When deploying high-availability applications across multiple resources, Route 53 health checks play a crucial role in ensuring that traffic is routed to healthy resources, minimizing downtime, and optimizing performance. This article explores how to implement Route 53 health checks in a multi-record environment and the value they add to high-availability infrastructures. Further, the benefits of using Amazon Route 53 are discussed while comparing it with other available DNS web services in the market. Multiple endpoints are used to bear the load of high traffic in a multi-record environment and this can be achieved efficiently only with the use of Route 53. Not only that but it also checks the performance and reduces the downtime.

Keywords: Amazon Route 53, Health Checks, Multi-Record Environments, High-Availability Systems, advantages, Route 53 features

How to Cite?: Mohit Thodupunuri, "Implementing Amazon Route 53 Health Checks in a Multi-Record Environment and their Benefits for High-Availability Systems", Volume 14 Issue 1, January 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 418-421, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR25110054209, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR25110054209