Feel the true power of the cloud
November 05, 2020
Feel the true power of the cloud

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Since it's a[n] extremely technical tool, it's being used by the engineering department. Our area uses it mainly for websites, in combination with Amazon Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), that make the perfect match.
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling help[s] us on moments when our websites received pikes of high traffic, to keep the [server] running, and without our intervention.
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling help[s] us on moments when our websites received pikes of high traffic, to keep the [server] running, and without our intervention.
Pros
- Automatic capacity increases based on rules.
- No user intervention.
- Very flexible tool.
Cons
- Sometimes decrease rules may not work.
- New scaling policy creation is a bit confusing and do[es] no[t] have help.
- Previous scaling policy screen no longer exists, so you need to understand what new interface actually does.
- Simplifies server operations.
- Reduces costs.
- Increases application reliability.
We tried with dedicated hardware load balancers with two servers a few years ago. It was a huge investment, and involves a lot of work, mainly on the server side. Also, that was not elastic. So if we wanted to go from 2 to 3 servers, we need to buy another server. That works, but that was not a good experience.
Do you think Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling's feature set?
Yes
Did Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling again?
Yes
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