DevOps teams are required to rapidly set up multiple dev/test environments. Creating just one exact copy of an environment, complete with all its data, can be time-consuming and expensive. These copies need to be used by multiple teams at once, or for automated testing, which can run hundreds of tests and sometimes in parallel, with new copies constantly being generated. This process is necessary to keep the testing environments up-to-date with the latest production releases and to provide fresh data after automated software operations may have mutated the old set. Read more about Cloning