Comment Re:PowerVM (Score 1) 417
For developers PowerVM falls well short due to the lack of snapshots. I have yet to find a product that supports the robust multiple snapshot tree that VMWare Workstation provides.
The ability to instantly reset to multiple previous points in a configuration or installation is invaluable when creating application installations and identifying bugs. Multiple times I have seen the development team mess up an installer because they were testing it by installing/uninstalling. A file gets left out of the final build but they never knew because it was a remnant from a previous install. With a snapshot you can instantly reset to before the app ever touched the system.
The ability to instantly reset to multiple previous points in a configuration or installation is invaluable when creating application installations and identifying bugs. Multiple times I have seen the development team mess up an installer because they were testing it by installing/uninstalling. A file gets left out of the final build but they never knew because it was a remnant from a previous install. With a snapshot you can instantly reset to before the app ever touched the system.