Capacity Management for Solaris Containers

The Solaris 10 release introduced Solaris Container functionality into the distributed market. 

Solaris Containers or Zones as they are also known, provide virtualized environments within a single instance of Solaris 10.  This essentially allows for multiple virtualized systems to be hosted on a single piece of hardware.

The advantages allow many applications that run on a Solaris O/S to be isolated from each other in independent systems, with the added benefits that virtualizing systems bring.

Virtualized systems however come with their own challenges, especially when identifying Capacity and Performance requirements and lead to questions like:

·         I've heard Solaris Containers uses a Type 2 Hypervisor – what is that?

·         What is the difference between Zones and Containers?

·         How do they share resources?

·         Do they impact on each other and how?

·         What should we monitor and how do we interpret the results?

·         How can we forecast and plan for future growth? 

 I'll be hosting a webinar Capacity Management for Solaris Containers on 5th December which will cover these topics and more. Register now and join me http://www.metron-athene.com/services/training/webinars/index.html

Jamie Baker 
Principal Consultant