Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)
Effectual helps organizations efficiently migrate and run VMware workloads on AWS using Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS), delivering a seamless transition, optimized performance, and long-term operational success.
Amazon EVS delivers a modern, cloud-native platform for VMware workloads
Amazon EVS gives organizations more flexibility, control, and efficiency in the cloud. By running VMware on AWS with EVS, businesses can seamlessly migrate existing environments, reduce operational complexity, and unlock new opportunities to modernize and innovate — with the option to extend storage and performance using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.
Benefits of Effectual’s Amazon Elastic VMware Service offering
Native AWS Management
Configure, monitor, and optimize EVS directly from the AWS Management Console.
Bring Your VMware Skills and Workflows to the Cloud
Leverage your team’s existing VMware skills and processes while unlocking AWS integration.
Flexible and Balanced Performance
Launch on i4i instances for balanced performance, with additional instance types coming for CPU or memory intensive workloads.
Seamless Integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
EVS integrates seamlessly with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP for high performance, flexible storage that delivers even greater efficiency and scalability for VMware workloads.
Modernize NOW
EVS gives you the efficiency of VMware on AWS today with a direct path to cloud native transformation tomorrow.
Key Takeaways
- Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) lets organizations migrate and run VMware workloads natively on AWS with minimal disruption to existing tools and processes.
- Effectual helps customers plan, execute, and operate EVS migrations — from data center exits to disaster recovery to long-term cloud modernization.
- EVS supports native AWS Management Console configuration, existing VMware skills and workflows, and flexible compute (i4i instances, with more coming).
- EVS integrates with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP for high-performance, scalable storage that extends VMware workload efficiency.
- AWS describes EVS as enabling accelerated migration timelines and business agility while customers maintain existing operational processes.
Use cases
Data Center Exit
Quickly migrate VMware workloads to AWS without rearchitecting applications or changing IP addresses.
Disaster Recovery
Establish a cost-effective DR site in the cloud using the VMware tools your team already knows.
Capacity Expansion
Instantly scale workloads in AWS without new hardware purchases or delays.
Cloud Modernization
Use EVS as a strategic stepping stone to modernize and enhance applications with AWS native services.
Hybrid Cloud Operations
Maintain a consistent VMware experience across both on-premises and AWS environments.
Effectual: Your Partner for Driving Efficiency with AWS
Plan with Precision
Assess your VMware environment and design a migration strategy that maximizes efficiency and minimizes risk.
Execute with Confidence
Deliver smooth, disruption-free migrations using best practices honed from complex enterprise projects.
Operate for Impact
Manage, monitor, and fine tune your EVS environment to unlock cost savings and performance gains, then hand over control when your team is ready.
What AWS is saying
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What is Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS)?
Amazon EVS is an AWS service that lets organizations run VMware workloads natively on AWS, enabling migration without rearchitecting applications or changing IP addresses.
What are common use cases for Amazon EVS?
Common use cases include data center exits, cost-effective disaster recovery, instant capacity expansion, cloud modernization, and hybrid cloud operations that maintain a consistent VMware experience.
Does Amazon EVS work with existing VMware skills and tools?
Yes — EVS lets teams bring their existing VMware skills and workflows to AWS while unlocking native AWS integration and management through the AWS Management Console.
How does Amazon EVS integrate with storage services?
EVS integrates seamlessly with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, providing high-performance, flexible storage for greater efficiency and scalability of VMware workloads.
What does Effectual's Amazon EVS migration process look like?
Effectual plans a migration strategy tailored to the VMware environment, executes disruption-free migrations using proven enterprise practices, and then operates and fine-tunes the environment for cost savings and performance gains.