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General Description
VAX Hardware Virtualization allows users of HP VAX computers to move application software and user data to a non-VAX platform without having to make changes to software and data. VAX Hardware Virtualization is a software solution that replaces VAX hardware.
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The principles of VAX Hardware Virtualization
In order to make the correct decisions regarding how to apply VAX Hardware Virtualization or Emulation, it is important to make a distinction between the VAX hardware that is virtualized or emulated and the (non-VAX) hardware from the (non-VAX) hardware host platform that carries the VAX Virtualization Software.
Virtualized hardware
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CHARON-VAX virtualizes various VAX architectures and meets or exceeds the performance level of these VAX systems when run on the recommended hardware platform. Our VAX emulator product currently contains the following VAX models:
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The Virtualization Software presents standard VAX devices to the VAX operating system, allowing the OS to function as though it were still running on a VAX computer. For example, virtual disk container files in a directory or device files in /dev directory of the host Linux platform are presented by the Virtualization Software to the VAX OS as emulated SCSI disks attached to a SCSI adapter.
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