Global Traffic Director

Route traffic by region to improve performance, reduce latency, and support global business needs.

Deliver Reliable Experiences Anywhere, Anytime​

Global Traffic Director routes your users to the nearest, healthiest server based on their location—improving performance and reliability across every region you serve.

Lower Latency

Automatically routes queries to the closest endpoint for faster load times.

Regional Failover Support

Tailor experiences for regional differences like product offerings, languages, or compliance.

Scales with Your Growth

Easily supports expansion into new markets without added complexity.

Balanced Load Distribution

Prevents server overload by spreading traffic across regions.

Better User Experience

Delivers faster, more responsive service no matter where users are located.

What is Global Traffic Director

Global Traffic Director allows you to route your user and application traffic based on where the DNS query is received, helping to optimize performance and support regional business requirements. Using Global Traffic Director (GTD), you can configure regional nameservers to return a different response. When a nameserver in a region responds to a DNS query, it will return the address of the server you choose for that region. This functionality routes user and application traffic to the nearest location or to align with how you serve markets in different parts of the world.

How DNS Failover Works

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Step 1: Identify the Query Location

Traffic is routed based on geographic origin.

When a DNS query is made, DNS Made Easy’s IP Anycast network identifies the location it came from. These regional nodes help pinpoint where your users are connecting from, whether it’s North America, Europe, Asia, or elsewhere.
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Step 2: Apply Regional Routing Rules

Custom DNS responses are served by region.

Once the query reaches the nearest regional node, Global Traffic Director uses rules set by your network engineers to determine how to respond. You can configure different DNS responses for each region to optimize delivery and control traffic.
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Step 3: Route to the Nearest Data Center

Users are directed to the fastest endpoint.

By responding with a region-specific IP address, GTD routes users to the closest available server. This minimizes latency and improves performance—for example, serving large files from the nearest data center instead of across continents.

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Step 4: Integrate with Other Services

Enhance with failover, load balancing, and monitoring.

Global Traffic Director works seamlessly with DNS Failover, load balancing, and system monitoring to maintain uptime and automatically redirect traffic during outages or spikes, all while keeping performance high.
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Step 5: Deliver Faster, Smarter User Experiences

Your users connect quickly, wherever they are.

Backed by DNS Made Easy’s lightning-fast Anycast network and Peregrine Instant DNS Updates, GTD ensures users always reach the best-performing resource available—no lag, no downtime.
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Supported Regions

We meet you where you are.

DNS MadeEasy GTD lets you configure policies for the following six regions:

  • NORTH AMERICA – EAST
  • NORTH AMERICA – WEST
  • SOUTH AMERICA
  • EUROPE
  • ASIA-PACIFIC
  • OCEANIA

Deliver Faster, Smarter, Region-Based DNS Routing

Global Traffic Director from DNS Made Easy improves performance by routing users to the closest and healthiest server, reducing latency and avoiding performance issues caused by distant connections. It also supports global business strategies—letting you tailor DNS responses by region to align with local offerings, languages, and compliance needs. Whether optimizing speed or meeting market-specific requirements, GTD keeps your traffic efficient, reliable, and in the right place.

Why It Matters:

  • Eliminate single points of failure
  • Automatically route around DNS provider outages
  • Improve query resolution speed and performance
  • Support hybrid setups with on-prem or cloud DNS
  • Increase infrastructure resilience without manual intervention
  • Trusted by enterprises with 100% reliability record

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DNS Made Easy delivers enterprise-grade DNS security and performance at a price small businesses can afford. With real-time threat detection, 100% uptime, and fast global resolution, you get reliable protection without the high cost—so you can focus on growing your business, not managing DNS issues.

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