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Old 04-08-2011
difference between zones and containers
Hi Expects,

Can broadly explain difference between Zones and containers.
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Old 04-08-2011
They are basically the same thing. Strictly speaking, Containers are zones plus resource management.
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Old 04-08-2011
resource management means?
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Old 04-08-2011
The ability to control (reserve or limit) resource usage for processes, tasks and zones. Resources can be CPU, RAM, virtual memory, and various other kernel level tables and other stuff.
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Old 04-08-2011
This is a fairly good overview: Solaris Containers - Wikipedia
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