Virtualization on AWS as an alternative to VMware

Igor Oliveira • November 28, 2024

Virtualization has revolutionized how companies manage their IT environments, offering flexibility, scalability, and cost reduction. However, the recent change in VMware’s licensing policy has led many of their clients to reconsider their virtualization strategies. In this transformative scenario, running virtualized environments in the cloud, such as a virtualization on AWS, can emerge as an attractive and viable alternative. 


Amazon Web Services (AWS), for instance, the leader in the cloud computing market, offers robust virtualization solutions, providing flexibility, scalability, and efficiency for organizations of all sizes.


What is Machine Virtualization?

Machine virtualization is a technology that allows for the creation of multiple instances of operating systems on a single physical hardware. This enables various applications and operating systems to run simultaneously, optimizing resource use, offering greater flexibility, and simplifying management while significantly reducing infrastructure costs. By abstracting the physical hardware, virtualization enables more efficient and dynamic IT resource management.


What are the advantages of virtualization on AWS?

In the context of AWS, virtualization is fundamental to its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. AWS uses its own virtualization technology, which allows for the creation of virtual machine instances (EC2) in a highly efficient manner. These instances are based on a lightweight hypervisor developed by AWS, called Nitro, which provides low overhead and maximizes the performance of virtual machines. Additionally, AWS facilitates the migration of existing virtualized environments, including those on VMware, directly to its cloud with the AWS MGN (Application Migration Service), which minimizes time-consuming and error-prone manual processes by automating the conversion of servers for native operation on AWS.


Virtualization on AWS offers several significant advantages:

  • Scalability: Users can quickly scale resources up or down as demand changes, paying only for what they use.
  • Cost-efficiency: It eliminates the need for upfront investments in hardware and reduces ongoing operational costs.
  • Flexibility: It offers a wide range of instance types optimized for different workloads and allows the use of various AWS pricing models, enabling the choice of what best suits the company at every stage without surprises from pricing changes.
  • High availability: AWS’s global infrastructure allows for the distribution of applications across multiple availability zones and regions, enhancing resilience.
  • Security: It provides advanced security and compliance tools, including network isolation and data encryption.
  • Simplified management: It offers intuitive tools for monitoring, automation, and management of virtualized resources.


Is it smart to migrate from VMware?

Migrating a virtualized environment from VMware to AWS represents a strategic opportunity for organizations. By leveraging AWS’s robust infrastructure and innovative services, companies can overcome the challenges imposed by VMware’s licensing changes and reach greater levels of operational efficiency, flexibility, and innovation. Virtualization on AWS offers a clear path to IT infrastructure modernization, enabling organizations to focus on their core business while enjoying the benefits of a market-leading cloud platform.

Igor Oliveira
DevOps Lead

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