Virtualization as a Way to Distribute PC-Based Functionalities
Piotr Gaj, Mirosław Skrzewski, Jacek Stój, Jarosław Flak · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics · 2014
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.