For OpenSolaris users, LDoms 1.3 has been pushed to the /dev, /release and /support repositories on pkg.opensolaris.org. To install it, run:
pfexec pkg install ldomsmanager (and if you were previously running 1.2, do a 'pkg restart ldmd') - Liam John Falkenthal wrote: > LDoms 1.3 is now available for download! This is the official marketing > announcement. As with any release, please read the product release > notes in full, prior to any upgrade installations, or new deployments. > Enjoy. > > JF > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Sun is pleased to announce that a new version of Logical Domains > software, LDoms 1.3, has been released and is freely available for > customers to download at NO COST. Download here: > http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/ldoms/get.jsp > > Create up to 128 virtual servers on one Sun Chip Multithreading (CMT) > system for no extra cost, saving up to $10,000 per server compared to > other vendors' offerings! > > With new Logical Domains 1.3 virtualization software and over 70 world > record benchmarks to date, Sun's CMT server portfolio running the > industry-leading Solaris OS continues to provide customers with a > competitive advantage while dramatically reducing cost, space and power > consumption. > > Logical Domains (LDoms) provides built-in virtualization capabilities > for Sun CMT servers, and takes advantage of the massive thread scale > offered by these platforms. Create up to 128 virtual servers on one > system. Because it's integrated into the firmware of Sun CMT systems, > LDoms is lightweight and efficient, and provides better application > performance in virtualized environments. With this new release, LDoms > provides improved resource management, for better utilization of system > resources. > > The Solaris 10 Binary Application Guarantee Program includes Logical > Domains. Customers and developers can confidently deploy their ISV and > third party apps on LDoms that are currently qualified for Solaris 10 > without going through re-qualification. > > LDoms 1.3 adds a number of new features including: > Feature: Domain Mobility Latency Reduction > Customer Benefit: Migrate from system to system more quickly with > significant Domain Mobility latency reductions. Migrate 1GB of memory > every 20 seconds with 80% performance improvement. > > Feature: Crypto DR > Customer Benefit: Dynamically re-allocate your crypto devices between > LDoms without the need for a reboot > > Feature: Link Based IPMP Support > Customer Benefit: Respond rapidly to network events > > Feature: CPU Dynamic Resource Management > Customer Benefit: Automatically have resources placed where they are > most needed (at the vcpu/thread level). >
