Re: oracle 9i in solaris 10 zones

Exactly - 1000s of zones, one kernel image (and consequently one memory space, etc.).

Matt

On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:26 PM, LiShan Cheng wrote:

> Ah right, is it like Single Kernel Image Virtualization?
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> On 3/24/06, Matthew Zito < mzito_at_gridapp.com> wrote:
>
> A solaris zone is not like an HP vpar. A zone in solaris is the
> rough equivalent of a FreeBSD jail - one common kernel instance
> among all zones, and all of the segmentation is done by the
> kernel. So, if you do a ps, you won't see processes in the other
> zones - but the "master" or "real" OS instance will show all of them.
>
> A vpar, by comparison, is an actual OS instance, like a VMWare
> instance.
>
> Matt
>
> On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:10 PM, LiShan Cheng wrote:
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>> Just wondering, is Solaris Zone similar to HP Virtual Partitions?
>>
>> Regards
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>> On 3/24/06, Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu > wrote:
>> Roger,
>>
>> We haven't had any problems with Oracle 9i on Solaris 10.
>> However, we've had some very interesting problems running Oracle
>> 10g on Solaris 10 with zones. In particular, the changing of the
>> number of CPU's has given us some problems. In our installation,
>> the SA had us install Oracle in the global zone and then created
>> local zones for the individual databases. He was upset that he
>> couldn't keep the global zone read only because Oracle wanted to
>> write files there (the lock files were the first of many issues
>> that we ran into). Zones seem like a wonderful thing for the
>> SA's, not so great for the DBA's.
>>
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>>
>> Scott Canaan '88 ( Scott.Canaan_at_rit.edu)
>>
>> (585) 475-7886
>>
>> "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you
>> put into it." - Tom Lehrer.
>>
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>> Subject: oracle 9i in solaris 10 zones
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Is 9i supported with Solaris 10?
>>
>> Any comments on running two instances of oracle on two different
>> zones in a SUN V490 server?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Roger Xu
>>
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