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Solaris 10 Container Guide - 3.1 3. Use Cases
3.9. Server consolidation
Requirement
[ug] In a data center, several applications run whose workload is too low (often much less than 50%).
The computers themselves usually require a lot of electricity, cooling and space.
Solution
[ug] Several applications are consolidated in zones on one computer. The details:
This can usually be done with sparse root zones.
Install exactly one application per zone.
Option: Software installation by shared directory .
Option: Automatic software installation.
Option: Resource management with resource pools.
Option: Resource management with fair share scheduler.
Option: Network resource management with IPQoS.
Option: High availability by the use of a cluster.
Option: Software installation per provisioning
Assessment
[ug] This use case has the following characteristics:
The operating division's costs are lower since less space, energy and cooling are required.
The application department has the same encapsulation of the application and precisely defined
interfaces. The availability of the application increases.
Figure 15: [dd] Use case: Server consolidation
App
App
A
B
Resource Pool 1
CPU1
CPU2
Global Zone
System
App
App
App
C
D
E
Resource Pool 2
CPU3
CPU4
CPU5
Effective: 30/11/2009
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