Considering Moving Off Hyper-V? Let us help weigh up your virtual server options.
Are you considering moving your server workloads to AWS EC2 but feel a bit uncomfortable leaving the Hypervisor world behind?
Prior to becoming an AWS Partner we used Hyper-V to manage customer workloads but since moving to AWS we've completed hundreds of Windows and Linux server migrations to EC2 and would never go back! This blog might help you as you weigh up Hyper-V and other virtual server options.
AWS delivers all the key components you need to allow you to run virtual server workloads securely, efficiently and cost effectively without the need for a Hypervisor.
- AWS Application Migration Service (agent-based) works really well delivering a seamless server migration process.
- Amazon VPC has all the networking tools you need (subnets, IP, routing, gateways etc).
- EC2 instances combined with EBS storage provides a robust, flexible and reliable server platform.
- AWS Organisations allow for multi-account management while IAM provides for identity and access management.
- Ongoing network and server monitoring/maintenance on EC2 is straightforward and secure with services like AWS Patch Manager, Cloudwatch, GuardDuty etc.
- Plus there are simple but effective FinOps tools (eg. budget alerts) built in at no additional cost.
As Broadcom make it clear their interest is only with larger clients, this might be the perfect time for those with smaller on-prem VMware deployments to make the move to public cloud infrastructure.
Our advice would be to take some time out and compare the costs and features of running your own Infrastructure/VMware environment versus using AWS EC2. And as always, reach out to us if needed, we’re here to help.
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