Moses NYOTA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software and Cloud Engineer at Velocis Technologies LLC
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Increases resources as necessary in order to handle traffic spikes
Pros and Cons
  • "Can handle traffic spikes so the system doesn't overload."
  • "It's an expensive solution."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution to scale up and scale down. You can have 1,000 people connecting to your network or you can have 50,000. The solution scales up to cope with the extra demand.

What is most valuable?

The best feature is that the solution can increase resources and handle traffic spikes so you don't lose anything as a result of system overload. 

What needs improvement?

The big issue for us is the cost of using the solution. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for three years. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable, that's what it does. We have one million customers in the U.S.

How are customer service and support?

The tech support is perfect.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and took just a few hours. We had one person responsible for deployment. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The license is pay as you use. 

What other advice do I have?

I recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Sayyed Aadil - PeerSpot reviewer
Hadoop Admin at Tata Consultancy
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Stable environment, excellent technical support, with future plans to increase usage
Pros and Cons
  • "What we have found most valuable are the purchasing of usage at the time and small storage."
  • "I would like to see the security portal improved in the future."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is for infographic designing.

What is most valuable?

What we have found most valuable are the purchasing of usage at the time and small storage.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the security portal improved in the future.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for the past three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have found the solution to be stable and have had no problems.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There is definitely scalability and we have around two hundred individuals using the solution. We are planning to increase usage in the future.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is very solid.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We did our implementation through a vendor team.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling an eight on a scale of one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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AnkurGupta7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at Evon Technologies Pvt
Real User
Top 5
Useful horizontal scaling, stable, and responsive support
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is scaling your intra based on the request. Additionally, you are able to map the solution with any load balancer, such as public or private load balancers."
  • "Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling could improve by adding better integration features with the other services. Additionally, if the alarms could be triggered from other services this would be beneficial."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to horizontally scale.

The solution can be deployed on the cloud, and on-premise, and can be configurated hybrid.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is scaling your intra based on the request. Additionally, you are able to map the solution with any load balancer, such as public or private load balancers.

What needs improvement?

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling could improve by adding better integration features with the other services. Additionally, if the alarms could be triggered from other services this would be beneficial.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for approximately 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is an old solution and it is stable.

How are customer service and support?

The support from Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is good. We use them whenever we have issues. They have a quick reply time.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is straightforward, it's not very complex. We have to write the scripts and everything can be done with them.

The steps taken for the implementation depend on intra to intra. If it's a very complex intra, it takes time. However, if it's straightforward intra, then it could be very easy and fast.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling a ten out of ten.

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Sekhar Prudhivi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at HighRadius
Real User
Top 10
Stable with good performance
Pros and Cons
  • "It's good performance-wise."
  • "Scalability can be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I use it for running Tomcat applications to restore the RDS, the database for getting the data. It then generates a UI. 

I am using it only for practicing purposes. I am trying to test the auto-scale feature and see how it works when we increase any workload.

What is most valuable?

It's good performance-wise.

What needs improvement?

Scalability can be improved. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for around two to three months. It is mostly for personal practice purposes when I want to learn or practice anything, like research.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I try to do auto-scaling. It sometimes works. At other times, I'm not able to generate that load. I am still testing out my application.

How are customer service and technical support?

I didn't contact technical support. I just go through the documents.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was simple. It took me an hour to install. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing could be a little bit more competitive.

What other advice do I have?

I haven't explored it that much, so it's only basic use. I would recommend this product. 

I would rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Director at TraCoGo Inc
Real User
Simple to use interface, helps transition from development environment to production
Pros and Cons
  • "The monitoring tool is helpful."
  • "When creating a new instance there is a set of questions that have to be answered, and this is something that can be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

We are using this product within our cloud-based development environment.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the seamless transition from the development environment to production.

The interface is simple to use.

The monitoring tool is helpful.

What needs improvement?

Ask set of questions like expected number of users, redundancy, up time per day and etc when creating a new instance. This would help the user to choose the right EC2 configurations.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for more than a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no problems with the stability of this product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not had any issues with scalability since our implementation.

In our development environment, we have 20 members. When it moves into production then there will be more than 1,000.

How are customer service and technical support?

I have not been in contact with technical support. They have good documentation and we consult it when we have a problem.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is not fixed and it is based on usage.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for anybody who is implementing this product is to consider their budget in conjunction with the configuration that they need. That is something that you have to be careful with. If it is too high-end of a configuration then you may not use it.

In summary, this is a good product that I can recommend.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Service Delivery Manager / Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Stable, flexible, reliable, and scales up or down automatically according to your requirements
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are that it is stable, flexible, and reliable."
  • "The technical support needs to be improved."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are that it is stable, flexible, and reliable.

It is pretty good from a scaling perspective, where if the load on the server is too high, it automatically scales up and the load on the server is balanced. When the load decreases, it automatically downgrades.

What needs improvement?

The technical support needs to be improved.

From a usage perspective, it runs well, although there may be a use case where it will break that I have not yet come across.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for several years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good. I have used it at the enterprise level for hundreds of users. 

How are customer service and technical support?

With respect to technical support, there is a lot of good documentation available but the problem is that sometimes when there is third-party integration, support becomes very difficult because they think that the problem is not related to Amazon.

For example, I tried to integrate with some IoT products, and they support integration with Amazon. When I had trouble, the IoT vendor told me that it is Amazon who needed to take care of something on their side, yet when I contacted Amazon, they told me to contact the IoT vendor. They should have more partnerships and cooperation with other vendors to improve integration overall.

As a platform, we are expecting a little bit more in terms of support, especially when third-party integrations are concerned.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use another similar product prior to this one.

How was the initial setup?

There is no installation because it is already taken care of with a configuration tool by AWS.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of this product could be a little bit lower.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, this is a good product and I haven't face any issues with it. I plan to continue using it in the future, and I can recommend it to others. My primary complaint is about the pricing.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Integrates well, reliable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling has good integration."
  • "The solution could improve by having more automation. Nowadays there is a vast variety of automation. Additionally, infrastructure monitoring could improve."

What is our primary use case?

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is used if your computers are heavily using resources or heavily loaded, this is going to impact your backend environment. Therefore if your computers need more CPUs or additional RAM associated, then you can use Auto Scaling to take care of it. We then do not face any such structural issues with the VMs where we host the control environment and application.

What is most valuable?

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling has good integration.

What needs improvement?

The solution could improve by having more automation. Nowadays there is a vast variety of automation. Additionally, infrastructure monitoring could improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is scalable. 

We have more than 50 users using this solution in my organization.

How was the initial setup?

The installation is straightforward and it takes approximately 15 minutes to do.

What about the implementation team?

We did the implementation ourselves.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I have not explored the price of the solution extensively, but from what I have seen the price is alright. 

There is an annual subscription needed for the solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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