AWS for test and dev environment with easy chargeback facilities
October 24, 2019
AWS for test and dev environment with easy chargeback facilities
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Web Services
We use a hybrid multi-cloud environment where we have multiple cloud vendors that include AWS, Google and Oracle (OCI). AWS (Amazon Web Services) is being used for the dev/test environment on-demand. It was earlier used for customer-facing workloads and analytics but was replaced by Google/Oracle.
- AWS has a very in-depth and descriptive dashboard that helps to chargeback easily as well as keep track of expenses.
- It is also highly reliable and scales well with workloads.
- It is very well suited for a multi-cloud set-up since it is compatible with and supports other public clouds ( Oracle, Google, Microsoft).
- AWS dashboard is complex and it needs someone with reasonable experience with Cloud deployment and maintenance to use. AWS can reduce the complexity of the AWS console to make it more user-friendly.
- AWS is also much more expensive and the license metrics are not that well aligned for extremest scale workloads.
- There is a good amount of install and deployment time using if you are using Oracle database or even Microsoft SQL Server as best practices documents for large scale deployments over AWS is not that easily available.
- AWS makes it easy to deploy short term workloads with ease reducing the overall OpEx.
- It also made the overall IT more agile with fine-grained chargeback capabilities, reducing excess provisioning of capacity upfront.
- AWS also provides the flexibility to be have a multi cloud environment without vendor lock-in.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure
OCI and Google Compute Engine are a bit cheaper than AWS but AWS has better chargeback and more granular monitoring of various KPIs. But at the same time, AWS has a learning curve while GCE especially is much easier to use. Microsoft Azur has a much better partner and developer ecosystem than 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?
No
Did implementation of Amazon Web Services go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Amazon Web Services again?
Yes