Virtualization Continues October 18, 2009
Posted by afoote in : Information Systems, Virtualization , trackbackAfter a month of using the virtualization process in the Network Technologies and Java Programming course, there have been some problems and other times when the environment has been a great success. Probably the biggest issue has been the large number of students using the environment and the system performance problems. Perhaps this environment is too popular and there are too many users? Mr. Steven Engorn, the creator and manager of the virtualization effort, has ordered more hard drive space for the system. Mr. Phil Desroiser has been endless working with the system to help make it work better for us. He will be adding the disk space and hopefully the virtual environment will be working better.
From the success of the project there is discussion of the environment being expanded to more courses and more students having the opportunity to use it next semester. As the Information systems area goes more online and less dependent on the physical classrooms, there are some benefits not only for the school by reducing costs, but also students. The will not be forced to work in a physical classroom using the university’s computers. They can do their work for class at any computer that has access to the internet and the Stevenson website. This is very appealing to the IS faculty and students alike.
Working in this type of virtual environment not only helps students while attending Stevenson, but also many businesses are using this idea in the workplace. So these skills that are learned at Stevenson will be valuable for gaining employment and used in the workplace. It seems logical that students and faculty in the Information systems area are excited about the virtual environment and hoping for the project to expand.
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