First off, there are two separate and interesting threads intertwined in this discussion. It would be nice to see them split out.
As to running multiple instances of EMC on a single computer (whether practical or not), from my perspective, is a less desirable situation. EMC makes machine control available to many users for little cost. Adding complexity with multiple instances on a single motherboard may be a neat science project, but in an industrial environment will add unnecessary complexity. This complexity will increase commissioning time as well as hamper troubleshooting in the case of hardware problems. Motherboards are cheap. If one instance goes haywire - right of the bat, you know what machine is the culprit. If you have a multiple instance machine, one of the cpu's could cause problems and since there is some integration through the unified motherboard, you could see ghost issues on the other instances making troubleshooting more difficult and time consuming. In a multi motherboard scenario, the offending unit will be obvious, slap in a new board with a mirrored hard drive and your up and running. I am with Stuart. This might be a good time to start looking for a Overhead software process that can manage multiple and independent instances of EMC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
