Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Web Services
We use Amazon Web Services as our primary compute platform. We run our primary applications and run our business from the Amazon cloud. As an IT professional, AWS cuts out the busy work of IT. AWS lets me focus on the needs to the business and not the needs of datacenter hardware. We're able to deploy new systems within minutes without needing to worry about having enough server capacity.
- The platform is extremely agile, we will typically get a new server request fulfilled within minutes
- AWS hardware is reliable, we don't worry about the on premise data center environment.
- They have tools and services that allow you to create anything you need.
- AWS can be overwhelming with the vast amount of services they provide. It can be tough to pick the right option to fit the goal you're trying to accomplish
- There is some reliance on your own skills to create tools\functionally that isn't native. Like scheduling backups.
- There is a steep learning curve to the platform.
- We're able to adjust our compute spend by suspending\powering off systems during off hours
- Our server up time is higher than it was on premise. Our users are able to work without intteruptions
- Compared to an on premise datacenter the cost is roughly the same if not slightly higher.
I came from a VMware environment and had used VMware for the past 10 years. The work required to purchase hardware, sign contracts with VMware, install the hypervisor, buy a storage array, configure your network layer, create a VM template, clone the template to VM and configure the OS... It's just too much wasted time and effort to support.
I can create an AWS account and within 10 minutes I can start spinning up new servers and start working.
The time savings alone is what draws us to use AWS.
I can create an AWS account and within 10 minutes I can start spinning up new servers and start working.
The time savings alone is what draws us to use AWS.
Do you think Amazon Web Services delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Amazon Web Services's feature set?
Yes
Did Amazon Web Services live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Amazon Web Services go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Amazon Web Services again?
Yes