Solaris™ Containers

"Solaris Containers" or virtualization technology offered by Solaris 10 divides the OS into virtual OSs to allow flexible use of the OS, based on the requirements for business operations. The server consolidation achieved by using Solaris Containers makes it possible to use servers flexibly and more effectively.

Solaris Containers consists of two facilities: "Solaris Zone" and "Solaris Resource Manager."

"Solaris Zone" is a software partitioning feature that divides one OS space into multiple virtual OSs. Dividing the Solaris environment into multiple independent partitions makes it possible to build approximately 8,000 virtual Solaris environments within a single equipment unit.

"Solaris Resource Manager" is a resource management feature that flexibly distributes the hardware resources, such as CPU and memory, between virtual Solaris environments. Resources are selectively allocated to high priority business operations over the other operations for effective use of resources. Multiple virtual Solaris environments can be created on a server running just a single CPU, increasing the efficiency of hardware resource utilization.

Combined use of the highly reliable "Extended Partitioning" and Solaris Containers further helps increase the efficient utilization of resources in highly reliable system environments, helping to maximize the results of customer investments.