> Being able to configure a new instance quickly and easily is useful no matter how large you are. The comment you're replying to didn't say it wasn't useful f

> Being able to configure a new instance quickly and easily is useful no matter how large you are. The comment you're replying to didn't say it wasn't useful for the "average start-up with at most a couple of Rails apps" - it said it's less useful ("not nearly as much of a value-add") compared to a large enterprise. When your entire environment runs on half a dozen VMs you have much less to gain by faster/easier provisioning then when you're running tens of thousands.