Process Control

The Use of Virtualization in the IT Courses

J. Vojtěšek, R. Matušů, M. Bližňák
Tomas Bata University in Zlin

Abstract

This article presents virtualization as one of the effective teaching and training tool in the university courses connected to IT problems. However, applications of the virtualization can be found in many other areas, not only in IT. The case study is based on the idea of virtualization of the physical computer for lower costs and security reasons. The VMware products are used nowadays in our university and the article want to show other, especially free, alternatives to this commercial product like VirtualBox, Microsoft Virtual PC, XEN etc. Presented results provides conclusions focused mainly on the performance of the virtual computers.

Full paper

045.pdf

Session

Control Education (Poster)

Reference

Vojtěšek, J., Matušů, R., Bližňák, M.: The Use of Virtualization in the IT Courses. Editors: Fikar, M., Kvasnica, M., In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Process Control ’09, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, 498–505, 2009

BibTeX
@inProceedings{pc09-045,
author = {Vojtěšek, J. and Matušů, R. and Bližňák, M.},
title = {The Use of Virtualization in the IT Courses},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Process Control '09},
year = {2009},
pages = {498-505},
editor = {Fikar, M. and Kvasnica, M.},
address = {Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia},
publisher = {Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava},
url = {http://www.kirp.chtf.stuba.sk/pc09/data/papers/045.pdf}}
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