Noun
anycast (uncountable)
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(networking) A network addressing and routing scheme whereby data is routed to the nearest or best destination as viewed by the routing topology.
Anycast addressing Like broadcast and multicast, anycast is a one-to-many routing topology. Source: Internet
Andrew Kim leads a technical deep dive into how DigitalOcean uses anycast IPs, BGP, and Kubernetes to run globally distributed services on containers. Source: Internet
Even with the presence of only one VIP acting as the anycast VTEP within a given vPC domain, the MP-BGP Route Distinguishers (RDs) are individual identifiers defined on a per-vPC member basis. Source: Internet
Anycast allows multiple machines in geographically dispersed locations to answer to the same IP. Source: Internet
Cloudflare’s Anycast content delivery network caches static content closest to visitors, reducing latency and accelerating page load times. Source: Internet
In this scenario, StackPath uses a series of Anycast DNS servers that quickly route and resolve the domain name request. Source: Internet