VM Principles - Top 5 Key Capacity Management Concerns Unix/Linux(4 of 12)

VM Principles

The following principles of virtual machines hold true across all virtualized environments provided within the IT industry. 

•      Isolation

–    Own root (/),  processes, files, security

•      Virtualization

–    Instance of Solaris O/S

•      Granularity

–    Resource allocation, Pools

•      Transparency

–    Standard Solaris interfaces

•      Security

–    No global reboots, isolated within each zone

 

On Friday I'll look at performance concerns. 

Take a look at our online workshops for 2015 in the meantime http://metron-athene.com/services/training/online-workshops/index.html

Jamie Baker

Principal Consultant