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David: Great series. Just subscribed from referenc...

2008-12-19T20:11:00.000Z

David: Great series. Just subscribed from reference in post on LinkedIn. Thanks.

Hi, All very good I'm sure, and virtualisation cer...

2008-12-19T10:38:00.000Z

Hi, All very good I'm sure, and virtualisation certainly has an increasing and very useful presence, but a low end server machine could most definitely not concurrently run the 10 virtual machines you mention initially. So while virtualisation has it's place, for testing I believe that rather than cost savings the primary advantages are:

1) Known environment. How many times have you found an issue which turns out to be because of a "dirty" machine that had a previous development build on it?

2) Ability to test on multiple different operating systems/installations/memory configurations etc.

Cost savings are all very good (and essential in todays financial climate), but probably not as great a saving as you (and VmWare who I'm sure have no vested interest at all :) ) suggest.

Hi David,It is good to see you bringing the focus ...

2008-12-19T07:45:00.000Z

Hi David,
It is good to see you bringing the focus on the use of virtualization in software testing.

You and your readers might find the following links as useful/related additional reading:

1. Getting by with desktop virtualization for your testing needs? Here is what you are missing
2. What Virtual Lab Automation offers over and above a Hypervisor

Thanks,

- Srihari Palangala
http://blog.vmlogix.com