> > On 1 Mar 2008, at 16:09, Octave Orgeron wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I think I can clear some of this up. Below are all > the current and > > future virtualization products from Sun: > > > > 1. Dynamic System Domains (hardware partitions) > E10k, E3800-25K, M4k- > > M9k > > 2. Logical Domains (para-virtualization) > UltraSPARC-T1 and > > UltraSPARC-T2 (in the future ROCK) based servers. > Here's a list of > > those systems today: > http://www.sun.com/servers/index.jsp?cat=CoolThreads%2 > 0Servers&tab=3&subcat=UltraSPARC%20T2%20and%20T1 > > 3. Solaris Containers (OS virtualization) runs on > Solaris 10 and > > above on either SPARC or x86/x64 > > 4. xVM Server (Xen - > para-virtualization/full-virtualization) runs > > on Solaris 10 U5 and above on x86/x64 > > 5. xVM Opscenter is a management tool that'll > manage containers, > > LDoms, and xVM Server. > > 6. VirtualBox (QEMU based - full-virtualization) > runs on > > OpenSolaris, Linux, and MacOSX only on x86/x64. > More info here: > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox > > Neat. Although I remember when Sun's strong point > was providing one > solution that scaled beautifully to all architectures > :) > > Cheeri, > Calum. >
I think VirtualBox will serve as an important starting point which can then be "scaled" to different architectures when the appetites/needs of users expand. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
