If you're hosting with Amazon and your application data is on its own EBS (block storage service) volume cloning your environment is easy. You can snapshot the

If you're hosting with Amazon and your application data is on its own EBS (block storage service) volume cloning your environment is easy. You can snapshot the volume, create a new volume from the snapshot, and spin up a new server (you automated provisioning, right?). That way you get a near exact replica of your environment with not too much work.