What is new with containers and utilization in Solaris 10?
As an integral part of the Solaris 10 Operating System, Solaris Containers isolate software applications and services using flexible, software-defined boundaries. A breakthrough approach to virtualization and workload management, Solaris Containers let many private execution environments be created within a single instance of the Solaris OS. Each environment has its own identity, separate from the underlying hardware, yet behaves as if it is running on its own system, making consolidation simple, safe, and secure. A key thing to note is that in Solaris 10, Solaris Containers focus on application/workload management. They deliver tools to “shrink wrap” your application in its own environment that has the right attributes such as CPU and memory quantity, IP address, and users. This way it’s easier to deploy an application on a shared system.
