Re: Deepfreeze - Why not?

[Ryan Hiebert <ryan () RYANHIEBERT COM>]

Microsoft used to have a product called SteadyState, which in purpose was very similar to DeepFreeze.  They 
discontinued SteadyState, and produced a whitepaper titled "Creating a Steady State by Using Microsoft Technologies." 
In particular, they suggest that the features provided by MS technologies, such as Roaming Profiles, Folder 
Redirection, Offline Folders, etc, and possibly App-V, VDI, and/or Remote Desktop Services. create a close enough 
replication that the overhead of a product like SteadyState or DeepFreeze is overkill.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24373

In my own environment, I have decided that the management overhead required by DeepFreeze is not worth the added effort 
when I already want to deploy Folder Redirection, Offline Folders, etc, and am not using DeepFreeze at all.  I can see 
that others may have requirements that would warrant the extra work it would require, but for me, the added effort is 
disproportionate to the gain I'd receive.

Ryan Hiebert
Network Security Specialist
Pacific Union College