Title :
Virtualization as a Way to Distribute PC-Based Functionalities
Author :
Gaj, Piotr ; Skrzewski, Miroslaw ; Stoj, Jacek ; Flak, Jaroslaw
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf., Silesian Univ. of Technol., Gliwice, Poland
Abstract :
Virtualization theory is well known and successfully used in the computer domain. Personal computer (PC) workstations, as well as their virtual counterparts, are popular for general purposes. PC stations are also popular in networked control systems (NCSs). They are used as system components to deliver user interfaces and to run many important services of the data processing, communication, and database type. In this paper, the usage of virtual PC machines (VMs) is considered in the context of interoperability with NCS. This specific application area requests answers whether virtualization is applicable and secure, and what are the expectations from the temporal characteristics of running services.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; microcomputers; networked control systems; open systems; user interfaces; virtual machines; virtualisation; NCS; PC stations; data processing; distribute PC-based functionalities; interoperability; networked control system; personal computer; system components; user interface; virtual PC machine; virtual counterparts; virtualization; Hardware; Informatics; Security; Software; Virtual machine monitors; Virtual machining; Virtualization; Efficiency; OPC; Xen; efficiency; hypervisor; industrial communication; industrial distributed systems; networked control systems; networked control systems (NCSs); security; temporal characteristics; virtual machine; virtual machine (VM); virtualization;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TII.2014.2360499
