Global Network Expansion
How Cloudflare’s systems dynamically route traffic across the globe

How Cloudflare’s systems dynamically route traffic across the globe

9/25/2023 · David Tuber, Luke Orden, Gonçalo Grilo

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Introduced Traffic Manager, an automated system for dynamically routing traffic across Cloudflare's global network to balance supply and demand. Developed Traffic Predictor, a system that simulates data center failures to predict traffic failover paths and inform Traffic Manager's policies. This enables granular route adjustments to prevent issues like 'thundering herd' scenarios and 'stranding capacity'.

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