Warning: although some agencies have chosen to run TraCS as a virtualized application, the Vendor for TraCS did not specifically design the application to be run in this manner. We have had reports that TraCS runs more slowly as a virtualized application. Data losses can occur if a session is dropped suddenly.

Different types of hardware virtualization include:

• Full virtualization – Almost complete simulation of the actual hardware to allow software environments, including a guest operating system and its apps, to run unmodified.

• Paravirtualization – The guest apps are executed in their own isolated domains, as if they are running on a separate system, but a hardware environment is not simulated. Guest programs need to be specifically modified to run in this environment.