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title: Traffic Policies Overview
description: "You can manage your traffic by defining **Traffic Policies**. Traffic policies allow you to control how traffic is distributed between different CDN providers for each geolocation. You can define policies based on three main characteristics: - **Performance** – Select the…"
url: "https://www.flumotion.com/docs/multiCDN/traffic-policies-overview/"
updated: "2026-09-09"
category: Guides / Traffic Management
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# Traffic Policies Overview

You can manage your traffic by defining **Traffic Policies**. Traffic policies allow you to control how traffic is distributed between different CDN providers for each geolocation.

You can define policies based on three main characteristics:

- **Performance** – Select the best-performing CDN provider in each geolocation.
- **Availability** – Enable automatic failover between CDNs if an issue occurs with one of the providers.
- **Cost** – Optimize costs by defining priorities between CDNs and configuring traffic commitments.

Traffic policies are geo-based. The default traffic policy is automatically created when you [create your service](https://www.flumotion.com/docs/multiCDN/steps-for-creating-a-service/), and it applies to the entire world. This policy cannot be deleted.

You can configure the default policy or add additional policies for specific geolocations. A geolocation can be a country, a state, or an entire continent.

When multiple policies apply to the same location, the more specific policy takes precedence. For example, suppose you create a policy for Europe and configure it to use CDN-A, and then create another policy specifically for France using CDN-B. In this case, the policy for France will take precedence over the policy for Europe.

### Prerequisites

Before starting to work with Traffic Policies, make sure you have the following:

- **Flumotion Smart Multi CDN Service** – You can follow [these steps](https://www.flumotion.com/docs/multiCDN/steps-for-creating-a-service/) to create a service.
- **CDN Account** – You will need at least one CDN account to use with your service.