VMware on AWS now available

Primary VMware public cloud, supported by VMWare....running on bare metal AWS hardware:

https://www.vmware.com/cloud-services/vmware-cloud-aws-overview.html

https://aws.amazon.com/vmware/

Each host has a pair of CPUs, 36 cores, 72 hyper-threads, 512GB of RAM, local flash storage (3.6TB cache, 10.7TB raw capacity tier). But you'll need four hosts to build a cluster!

Region: US West (Oregon)

	On-Demand (hourly)**	1 Year Reserved*	3 Year Reserved*
List Price ($ per host)	$8.3681	$51,987	$109,366
Effective Monthly*	$6,109	$4,332	$3,038
Savings Over On-Demand		30%	50%

If one physical server has 36 pCPUs and assuming 4:1 vCPU:pCPU ratio and assuming average VM is 2 vCPUs/4GB/70GB storage then one physical server can support  36 pCPUs x 4 vCPU:pCPU ratio / 2 vCPUs per VM = 72 VMs.

My model:

	On-Demand (hourly)	1 Year Reserved	3 Year Reserved
List Price ($ per host)	$8.37	$51,987.00	$109,366.00
Effective Monthly	$6,109.00	$4,332.00	$3,038.00
Savings Over On-Demand		30.00%	50.00%
Effective Yearly	$73,308.00	$51,984.00	$36,456.00
Yearly Cost for min 4 node cluster	$293,232.00	$207,936.00	$145,824.00
Yearly Cost per VM (2 vCPUs/4GB/70GB storage)	$1,357.56	$962.67	$675.11
Monthly Cost per VM (2 vCPUs/4GB/70GB storage)	$113.13	$80.22	$56.26
Hourly Cost per VM (2 vCPUs/4GB/70GB storage)	$0.15	$0.11	$0.08
Monthly EC2 Cost (2 vCPUs/ 4GB/70GB storage)	$83.65	$52.17	$35.33

This is in line with VMware TCO model:

Estimated TCO ($/VM/hour) over 3 Years
VMware Cloud on AWS (3 Year Reserved)	$0.06 - $0.09, depending on consolidation ratio
Traditional On-Premises	$0.10 - $0.17, depending on customer environment
Native Cloud Instances	$0.06 - $0.09, depending on instance type and storage

VMC Technical Overview:
https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/cloud/VMW-TO-Cloud-on-AWS-USLET-101-MED-RES.pdf?ClickID=dkhrrmhnz2bchmhsmwryxszty02xhzwnzybk