High availability for computer running HMI software - Zero Downtime
HMI(Human Machine Interface) software running at COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) computer has brought to industry a better cost-benefit ratio and it is widely disseminated. Make sure this service is available has always been a major concern of the process area, as continuous reactors, evaporators, spray dryers, being supervised by these computers. Process control room becomes pulsating center of the plant and tolerates a loss of only few minutes of this monitoring. IT department(Information Technology) has been using virtualization for long time and now system is reliable and feasible for industrial process control environment. Design integrates PLC(Programmable Logic Controllers) and HMI/OPC(Open Process Control) servers virtualized, and in the central controls rooms are thin clients remotely connected to this service supervisor in virtualized environment and goes like a solution that has a virtually zero downtime, and in cases of disaster recovery environment, can be made in minutes.