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LDoms Overview

Logical Domains, or LDoms, technology allows a user to allocate a system's various resources, such as memory, CPUs, and devices, into logical groupings and create multiple, discrete systems, each with their own operating system, resources, and identity within a single computer system.

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  • Logical Domains Wiki

Technical Papers

  • An Introduction to Logical Domains, Part 1 - By Octave Orgeron (Reprinted from ;login: The Magazine of USENIX, vol. 32, no. 4 (Berkeley, CA: USENIX Association, [2007]), pg. 20-24. (PDF)
  • An Introduction to Logical Domains, Part 2 - By Octave Orgeron (Reprinted from ;login: The Magazine of USENIX, vol. 32, no. 5 (Berkeley, CA: USENIX Association, [2007]), pg. 26-34. (PDF)
  • An Introduction to Logical Domains, Part 3 - By Octave Orgeron (Reprinted from ;login: The Magazine of USENIX, vol. 33, no. 1 (Berkeley, CA: USENIX Association, [2008]), pg. 39-47. (PDF)
  • An Introduction to Logical Domains, Part 4 - By Octave Orgeron (Reprinted from ;login: The Magazine of USENIX, vol. 33, no. 2 (Berkeley, CA: USENIX Association, [2008]), pg. 24-33. (PDF)
  • Sun BluePrints, Sun Server Virtualization Technology, by Jeff Savit (HTML)
  • Sun BluePrints, Solaris Operating System Hardware Virtualization Product Architecture, by Chien-Hua Yen (PDF)
  • Sun BluePrints, Using Logical Domains and CoolThreads Technology: Improving Scalability and System Utilization, by Ning Sun and Lee Anne Simmons (PDF)

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Blogs

Octave Orgeron - Sun Cluster and LDoms

Jul 14, 11:17 AM

I have been searching for information on Sun Cluster and LDoms to see if I can integrate some info on my T5240 review. I came across this great wiki link on the subject. Here are some key ...

Octave Orgeron - George Carlin and Napalm

Jun 23, 9:32 PM

It's definitely a sad day. We just saw George Carlin here in Houston this year. It was the second time that I've had the honor of seeing him perform live and it was amazing! He really opened the ...

Octave Orgeron - Scalent and CA Support LDoms

Jun 23, 9:20 PM

Scalent and CA recently announced the ability of their products to manage and integrate with LDoms: Scalent Announcement CA Announcement It's good to see 3rd party products emerge to fill the void ...

Octave Orgeron - New Server to Review!

Jun 3, 8:08 PM

Yesterday, a wonderful package arrived on my doorstep.. It's a T5240! I'll be writing a review of the server, with a focus on virtualization and practical uses. I'm also thinking of doing some sort ...

Octave Orgeron - Simulating the UltraSPARC-T2

Jun 3, 7:46 PM

Two months back, I started playing around with the UltraSPARC-T2 development tools that are available. Included with the tools are the following simulators: SAM (SPARC Architecture Modeler) Legion ...