Comments on: Virtualization and QA http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/ A little software testing madness... Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: abillings http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-7 abillings Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:51:53 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/#comment-7 Thanks! I may do that. I've just been happy to find out that they compress down well when zipped. I was afraid of eating up too much disk space storing these. Thanks! I may do that. I’ve just been happy to find out that they compress down well when zipped. I was afraid of eating up too much disk space storing these.

]]> By: preed http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-6 preed Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:13:30 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/#comment-6 Let me know if you ever run into any problems with VMware or have any questions on how to set stuff up. I do the reference platform stuff on the build side; I think I got "stuck" with it because I worked at VMware before MoCo. :-) Let me know if you ever run into any problems with VMware or have any questions on how to set stuff up. I do the reference platform stuff on the build side; I think I got “stuck” with it because I worked at VMware before MoCo. :-)

]]> By: Matthew Kairys http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Matthew Kairys Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:51:52 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/al/2007/07/02/virtualization-and-qa/#comment-3 I've been using VMware for quite some time now for Mozilla QA purposes. I find it far more convenient to simply reload a VM from a snapshot so the OS is back to its original configuration so testing can be done on the same set of data as it was previously. My previous setup was using a dual boot method which got rather messy within a few days of testing Firefox trunk builds with the annoyance of switching between Windows and Linux constantly. My only problem at the moment with virtualisation is the lack of memory in my machine to efficiently run more than one VM at a time although I'm hoping to get my hands on some extra memory in the next few days to resolve that problem. Aside from that minor inconvenience I find virtualisation a very useful and effective means for testing in different environments. Definitely the way to go for QA. I’ve been using VMware for quite some time now for Mozilla QA purposes. I find it far more convenient to simply reload a VM from a snapshot so the OS is back to its original configuration so testing can be done on the same set of data as it was previously. My previous setup was using a dual boot method which got rather messy within a few days of testing Firefox trunk builds with the annoyance of switching between Windows and Linux constantly.

My only problem at the moment with virtualisation is the lack of memory in my machine to efficiently run more than one VM at a time although I’m hoping to get my hands on some extra memory in the next few days to resolve that problem. Aside from that minor inconvenience I find virtualisation a very useful and effective means for testing in different environments. Definitely the way to go for QA.

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