The Adobe Experience Cloud uses Regional Data Collection (RDC) so that interactions between your end users and the Adobe Experience cloud occur as close to your end users as possible. This improves your site/app performance and ensures that data is collected as quickly as possible to optimize the end user experience. Once data from your digital properties is collected regionally at a Data Collection Center (DCC), it is forwarded over a secure connection to a Data Processing Center (DPC) where it is processed and made available to products in the Adobe Experience Cloud.
The China RDC (China Performance Optimization) Add-On Package is a chargeable add-on to Adobe Analytics. Adobe’s Performance Optimization in mainland China enables customers with users inside China to have that data sent directly to Adobe edge collection servers inside China, instead of other locations globally. This improves page load times and data accuracy over sending the data to nodes outside of China. Note that data is ultimately transferred to one of Adobe’s Data Processing Center (DPC) outside of China. Please contact your Adobe Sales representative for more information.
RDC currently includes the following locations (subject to change):
RDC Type | Data Collection Centers |
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Default | Oregon, Virginia, Ireland, Paris, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, China* |
*China RDC requires the China Add-On package. See the ‘Important’ note above.
If your Analytics image request is sent to the adobedc
, 2o7.net
or omtrdc.net
endpoints, then you have third-party data collection. You can determine this if you see either endpoint in the URL of your requests.
RDC Type | Data Collection Centers |
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Global (Default) | Oregon, Virginia, Ireland, Paris, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney |
Global + China* | China*, Oregon, Virginia, Ireland, Paris, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney |
Americas Only | Oregon, Virginia |
Europe Only | Ireland, Paris |
Asia Pacific Only | Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney |
China Only* | Beijing |
*China Only and Global + China RDC types require the China Add-On package. See the ‘Important’ note above. Global + China will route data originating inside China to our China RDC while routing data originating outside of China to the nearest RDC outside of China.
Experience Edge Global provides the best performance for your end users. If you want to use an alternate RDC type, please contact Adobe Customer Care for assistance.
Benefit | Description |
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Performance | With RDC, your visitors connect to the closest DCC. This provides the fastest response time, resulting in more accurate tracking and faster loading times. |
Redundancy | In case of a disruption in communication between the DCC and your DPC, Adobe’s RDC infrastructure saves data locally, then forwards it to the DPC when communications are restored. |
The following list describes the data collection process used by Adobe: