Emulators
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Older IT systems: Peripherals are trouble makers
Many process control systems that were installed
until the end of the 80's work as "Non-Open-Systems",
i.e. with their own and specific operational systems. This makes
it hard or impossible to migrate the data to more recent systems.
Old system CPUs and software applications still
usually work perfectly. The only failure usually comes from peripherals:
Old hard disks and tape drives tend to have frequent break downs
over the time. On one hand, the peripheral maintenance cost gets
higher and higher; on the other hand, equivalent peripherals are
not available any longer - even on the second-hand market. Thus
the whole system and the data are in danger.
The development of such new systems is very
expensive, even for major companies.
So, the question is: Why change the whole system when the only
trouble makers are the peripherals?
The answer is the emulation of
peripherals. That is why datex engineers
elaborate emulators that replace 'plug-to-plug' old generation
hard disk drives and tape drives.
Thanks to datex emulators, companies make
substantial savings: They needn't replace the whole IT system.
Moreover their IT system becomes more reliable and less
costly.
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