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Bringing VMware to AWS

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Run your VMware workloads on AWS efficiently at cloud scale with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Decouple compute and storage to offer flexible capacity without the performance trade-offs for your VMware workload on AWS.

Migrate to Amazon EVS

Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) is the fastest path to migrate and operate VMware workloads on AWS. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP integrates with Amazon EVS to deliver scalable, cost optimized storage for VMware.

Rehost virtual machines to Amazon EC2

Rapidly rehost your VMware VMs to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) while maintaining the data foundation of FSx for ONTAP. Reduce infrastructure costs, scale efficiently, and tap into all the performance and resilience of AWS.

Replatform your workloads to containers and Amazon EKS

Now you can deliver reliable deployments that adapt seamlessly to business demands and the latest application development methods. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP provides the performance and scalability your workloads demand from your data.

Proof positive

    • 25–40%

    • reduction in the cost of running VMware workloads

    • 25%

    • lower TCO for mid-sized enterprise data center consolidation

    • 2–3X

    • more VM performance, 75% lower latency, and 50% less compute usage

Migrating to Amazon EVS is easier with the right storage

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is certified as an AWS-native storage service for use with Amazon EVS. By combining these services, you can now operate VMware workloads in the AWS Cloud and scale up storage—all without increasing virtualization compute resources—by using FSx for ONTAP. 

Rehosting to EC2 with the right storage solution

Migrating on-premises VMware VMs to Amazon EC2 can be easy and can deliver all the enterprise data management capabilities, storage optimizations, and cost reductions that VMware users require.

Replatform your workloads to containers

Dynamically provision Kubernetes persistent storage volumes and let your developers work faster with Amazon EKS, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), or Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.

With Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Xtravirt can rapidly unlock data mobility and flexibility for Amazon EVS environments. For customers wishing to break down traditional storage silos and enable their data architects to deliver critical business insights, this will be a compelling proposition.

Robin Gardner, Chief Commercial Officer, Xtravirt

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Schedule a no-cost strategy session with an AWS expert. We’ll connect you with a specialist who will review your challenges, answer your questions, and share how FSx for ONTAP can help you uncover the full business potential moving your VMware workloads to AWS

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