Sun Microsystems 10 manual Table of contents

Version 3.1-enSolaris 10 Container Guide - 3.1	Effective: 30/11/2009
Table of contents
Disclaimer	VI
Revision control	VI
1. Introduction	1
2. Functionality	2
2.1. Solaris Containers and Solaris Zones	2
2.1.1. Overview	2
2.1.2. Zones and software installation	4
2.1.3. Zones and security	4
2.1.4. Zones and privileges	4
2.1.5. Zones and resource management	5
2.1.5.1. CPU resources	5
2.1.5.2. Memory resource management	6
2.1.5.3. Network resource management (IPQoS = IP Quality of Service)	6
2.1.6. User interfaces for zones	6
2.1.7. Zones and high availability	7
2.1.8. Branded zones (Linux and Solaris 8/Solaris 9 compatibility)	7
2.1.9. Solaris container cluster (aka "zone cluster")	8
2.2. Virtualization technologies compared	9
2.2.1. Domains/physical partitions	10
2.2.2. Logical partitions	11
2.2.3. Containers (Solaris zones) in an OS	12
2.2.4. Consolidation in one computer	13
2.2.5. Summary of virtualization technologies	14
3. Use Cases	16
3.1. Grid computing with isolation	16
3.2. Small web servers	17
3.3. Multi-network consolidation	18
3.4. Multi-network monitoring	19
3.5. Multi-network backup	20
3.6. Consolidation development/test/integration/production	21
3.7. Consolidation of test systems	22
3.8. Training systems	23
3.9. Server consolidation	24
3.10. Confidentiality of data and processes	25
3.11. Test systems for developers	26
3.12. Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 containers for development	27
3.13. Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 containers as revision systems	28
3.14. Hosting for several companies on one computer	29
3.15. SAP portals in Solaris containers	30
3.16. Upgrade- and Patch-management in a virtual environment	31
3.17. "Flying zones" – Service-oriented Solaris server infrastructure	32
3.18. Solaris Container Cluster (aka "zone cluster")	33
4. Best Practices	34
4.1. Concepts	34
4.1.1. Sparse-root zones	34
4.1.2. Whole-root zones	34
4.1.3. Comparison between sparse-root zones and whole-root zones	35
4.1.4. Software in zones	35
4.1.5. Software installations in Solaris and zones	36
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