BCI Blog Should You Switch to Virtual Machines?

Bachelor Controls often uses virtual machines for any customer that is running a distributed HMI system with multiple client machines. While there are several providers of virtual machines, we often work with VMWare. Once you understand the basics of virtual machines, they can be easy to work with and a viable alternative to using standard computers for your system. WHAT ARE VIRTUAL MACHINES Virtual machines, or VMs, are computer operating systems that are not tied to physical hardware. In other words, a computer that can live inside of another computer or can be housed on a centralized server. The virtual machine is its own separate entity, with its own operating system, memory files, and disk space. This gives you the ability to run multiple VMs from the same physical server, as long as the server running the VMs has the resources available to allocate From a user perspective, often the biggest difference noticed between a virtual machine and a standard physical computer is how to power the virtual machine off and on. HOW WE USE VIRTUAL MACHINES Our standard setup Let’s begin with the virtual ... Read More The post Should You Switch to Virtual Machines? appeared first on Bachelor Controls.