An introduction to logical domains, part 1

• Autores: Octave Orgeron
• Localización: ;login:: the magazine of USENIX & SAGE, ISSN 1044-6397, Vol. 32, Nº. 4 (AGO), 2007, págs. 20-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In recent times, virtualization has become a requirement for many businesses looking to consolidate physical servers and increase utilization. This has led to many innovations at both the software and the hardware level to address the virtualization requirement. One such innovation is Sun Microsystems's new product called Logical Domaind, or LDoms. This allowsa single physical server to be virtualized into multiple discrete and independent operating system instances. LDoms present many opportunities for consolidationin modern data centers where physical space and power are at a premium.

    This is thr first of three articles that will introduce you to the Logical Domain technology. In this article, I will introduce the basic concepts and components of this new technology.