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Hopefully this page will illustrate the '''<span style="color:green">coolness</span>''' and future importance of Virtual Machines | A virtual appliance is a copy of an operating system and a set of applications (e.g. OEMR), installed, configured, and packaged together into a single download. The virtual appliance runs inside a virtual machine. The virtual machine makes each virtual appliance think it is running on it's own computer. Some of the advantages are: | ||
* Virtual Appliances can be run on any Operating System that supports | |||
* Did I mention yet that | * snapshots - you can easily save the entire state of the OS and applications as many times as you want | ||
* VMware's explanation of a Virtual Appliance at : http://www.vmware.com/ | * hardware portability - your virtual appliance can be easily moved to another computer, no worrying about drivers or having the same hardware | ||
* running multiple OSs at once - run linux and windows at the same time without having to reboot | |||
* isolation - keep problems in one OS or applications from affecting others | |||
* easy remote control - you can start, stop, or reset virtual machines remotely | |||
Hopefully this page will illustrate the '''<span style="color:green">coolness</span>''' and future importance of Virtual Machines and Virtual Appliances. | |||
* OEMR Virtual Appliances can be run on any Operating System that supports [http://www.vmware.com/products/player VMware Player] or [http://www.virtualbox.org VirtualBox]. | |||
* Did I mention yet that [http://www.vmware.com/products/player VMware Player] and [http://www.virtualbox.org VirtualBox] are FREE. | |||
* VMware's explanation of a Virtual Appliance at : http://www.vmware.com/appliances/getting-started/learn/overview.html | |||
Revision as of 07:46, 26 August 2011
A virtual appliance is a copy of an operating system and a set of applications (e.g. OEMR), installed, configured, and packaged together into a single download. The virtual appliance runs inside a virtual machine. The virtual machine makes each virtual appliance think it is running on it's own computer. Some of the advantages are:
- snapshots - you can easily save the entire state of the OS and applications as many times as you want
- hardware portability - your virtual appliance can be easily moved to another computer, no worrying about drivers or having the same hardware
- running multiple OSs at once - run linux and windows at the same time without having to reboot
- isolation - keep problems in one OS or applications from affecting others
- easy remote control - you can start, stop, or reset virtual machines remotely
Hopefully this page will illustrate the coolness and future importance of Virtual Machines and Virtual Appliances.
- OEMR Virtual Appliances can be run on any Operating System that supports VMware Player or VirtualBox.
- Did I mention yet that VMware Player and VirtualBox are FREE.
- VMware's explanation of a Virtual Appliance at : http://www.vmware.com/appliances/getting-started/learn/overview.html
