Sun Microsystems SOLARIS 10 - Manual (Page 2)

Version 3.1-en Solaris 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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