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Virtual server to cut industrial IT costs
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Marco MES product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
May 15, 2008
In its TRAC-IT MES factory floor efficiency systems and software, Marco is using virtual server technology to simplify and reduce the investment in IT infrastructure.
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) specialist Marco said it is improving its TRAC-IT MES factory floor efficiency systems and software,by using virtual server technology.
The company firmly believed that this technology is the optimum way forward to simplify and reduce the investment in IT infrastructure.
* Virtual machine technology - virtual machine technology applies to server and client hardware.
It allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single server.
Under normal operational conditions, existing servers will only be using a very small proportion of their available resource.
Marco said that most server rooms are crammed with under-utilised individual machines, all individually requiring the same level of stringent maintenance and back up routines.
By comparison, a virtual machine can be loaded with several different operating systems, running several applications at once and using all the available power within the single physical machine.
Because they only contain a single file they are very easily backed up: the file and entire operating system can be moved from a faulty machine to a new one in a fraction of the time it would take to rebuild a failed traditional server, said Marco.
Marco's managing director, Murray Hilborne, said he is committed to this new technology and as he commented: "We currently test all our software on several operating systems under a virtual environment, enabling our developers to quickly and precisely evaluate our product updates ready for release.
The virtual operating system environment can also easily be reset to a clean state for any new tests or developments to take place".
Hilborne concluded: "We believe this is the way forward and the technology has radical and important benefits for our rapidly growing number of customers around the world.".
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