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This blog is more of an open question rather than my views. As most companies look towards virtualization for their testing needs, there are many options to consider and selecting one over the other is getter harder by the minute. Most virtualization softwares have comparable features and administration capabilities. However the question that I am really looking to answer is:

1. How stable are these virtualization softwares for testing drivers. Do they behave similar to native host or exactly as local host.
2. How reasonable is it to run performance tests using virtual servers.
3. How does Solaris Zones compare to Xen/VMware for Linux/Solaris testing. Which of the two emulate native system better.

I am also looking for user experience from folks who have used and are using virtualization for GUI and SMP testing, specifically related to Java. I would appreciate any comments and gotchas you may have for potential users who are looking for this solution.

 

We strive to make our software defect free to the extent possible.
And we do this by testing the software under various conditions. Some
of these are formally defined, such as unit and functional testing.
Some are accepted as a standard practice but with more or less room for
modifications. These are stress or reliability testing. Refer to Cos'
blog for more information. And then there are other mechanisms of
testing, closer to real world scenario and one which does not have a
design philosophy. This is what I would like to refer to as user
scenario testing.

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