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TY - CONF AU - Felzmann, C.U. AU - Hobbs, N. AU - Starritt, A. C. ED - Corvetti, Lou ED - Riches, Kathleen ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Virtualisation within the Control System Environment at the Australian Synchrotron J2 - Proc. of ICALEPCS2015, Melbourne, Australia, 17-23 October 2015 C1 - Melbourne, Australia T2 - International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems T3 - 15 LA - english AB - Virtualisation technologies significantly improve efficiency and availability of computing services while reducing the total cost of ownership. Real-time computing environments used in distributed control systems require special consideration when it comes to server and application virtualisation. The EPICS environment at the Australian Synchrotron comprises more than 500 interconnected physical devices; their virtualisation holds great potential for reducing risk and maintenance. An overview of the approach taken by the Australian Synchrotron, the involved hardware and software technologies as well as the configuration of the virtualisation eco-system is presented, including the challenges, experiences and lessons learnt. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 664 EP - 666 KW - EPICS KW - controls KW - synchrotron KW - hardware KW - network DA - 2015/12 PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-95450-148-9 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2015-WEM303 UR - http://jacow.org/icalepcs2015/papers/wem303.pdf ER -