Re: [SAGE] JAILS (Re: Respondents needed for article on sysadmin survival)

[Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com>]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 02:56:19AM -0800, Thornton Prime wrote:
> 
> Philip Brown wrote:
> > you still have to essentially build out duplicate a "new" copy of the OS
> > to run inside the virtual machine, one way or another.
> > You only "save" on hardware setup.
> 
> With both UML and VMWare you can suspend an existing system and clone
> it. You can then restart the cloned instances separately and reconfigure
> them. There is no need to re-install the operating environment. In fact,
> you can clone systems with suspended running applications to maintain
> application state. You save a heck of a lot more than hardware setup. 
> This can be a HUGE timesaver for platforms and applications that have 
> really complex and/or boorish install and setup procedures.

are you saying that with VMware, you can PERMENANTLY 'clone' an existing
instance, and then maintain the two completely separately from that point?

dont you still have to duplicate the entire set of operating system
binaries, configs, etc. and the "clone" process just makes that more
convenient?