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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Score8.7 out of 10

14 Reviews and Ratings

What is Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets users provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where they can launch AWS resources in a virtual network. Users have control over the virtual networking environment, including selection of one's IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways. Users can use both IPv4 and IPv6 in the VPC for secure and easy access to resources and applications.

Top Performing Features

  • Monitoring tools

    Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected

    Category average: 7.9

  • Pre-defined machine images

    Range of different server configurations available

    Category average: 7.8

  • Security controls

    Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES

    Category average: 8.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Elastic load balancing

    Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers

    Category average: 8.5

  • Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

    The service uptime as a percentage defined in the SLA

    Category average: 8.6

  • Operating system support

    Range of operating systems available as pre-configured images

    Category average: 7.9

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VPC of AWS package [is] really suitable for early-stage startups company to Industries Corporation level architectural infrastructure development under an appropriate budget. Amazon VPC [is] really giving the freedom for developing the MVP development and Scaling it according to on-demand. I also prefer to use the add-ons from the VPC sections services dropDown list.

Pros

  • Pricing model & On demand service commitment.
  • Well, architectural infrastructure development processing before spending the money.
  • AWS VPC are providing hassle-free using with all others services from AWS very easily.
  • AWS business support is very helpful & [gives] the right direction according to client’s situations.

Cons

  • Need customizable multiple OS installation
  • Dual or multiple OS upgrading at real time using perhaps
  • I think Windows OS Prices need to optimization for new startup based company.

Return on Investment

  • Yes
  • Not so good for very early-stage startups company. Because it's cutting too much money for them.
  • After using & testing the VPC services then every user should go for 1-3 years Reserve instance-based VPC services. It will help to optimize their cost.

Alternatives Considered

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

Other Software Used

AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon Simple Email Service, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

The framework for AWS starts with a VPC

Pros

  • Protection of resources based on how roles/access should be allocated.
  • Easy to allocate network CIDR block and split up as needed for IP subnets within the VPC.
  • Used to create public and private networks within the VPC.

Cons

  • The biggest issue with VPC networks is knowing how you can leverage VPC endpoints to ensure your resources within the VPC are not reaching out over the Internet to get to AWS services such as S3 and others.

Return on Investment

  • AWS VPCs are actively used for following various compliance and regulatory needs such as network separation for PCI DSS. The ability to keep resources and access to those resources controlled through the initial steps of creating VPCs has helped tremendously.

Alternatives Considered

Azure Virtual Network

Other Software Used

Azure Virtual Network, AWS Certificate Manager, AWS CloudFormation, AvePoint Cloud Backup for Office 365