Solaris Containers, the Glossary

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1. 26 relations: CentOS, Common Development and Distribution License, Comparison of platform virtualization software, Fair-share scheduling, Hardware-assisted virtualization, Host adapter, Illumos, Man page, OpenIndiana, OpenSolaris, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Solaris, OS-level virtualization, Principle of least privilege, Process (computing), SmartOS, Solaris Trusted Extensions, SPARC, Sun Microsystems, Sun-4, System call, Thread (computing), Total cost of ownership, Virtual machine, X86, ZFS.

CentOS

CentOS (from Community Enterprise Operating System; also known as CentOS Linux) is a discontinued Linux distribution that provided a free and open-source community-supported computing platform, functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

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Common Development and Distribution License

The Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) is a free and open-source software license, produced by Sun Microsystems, based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL).

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Comparison of platform virtualization software

Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the whole physical computer machine, often providing multiple virtual machines on one physical platform. Solaris Containers and Comparison of platform virtualization software are virtualization software.

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Fair-share scheduling is a scheduling algorithm for computer operating systems in which the CPU usage is equally distributed among system users or groups, as opposed to equal distribution of resources among processes.

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Hardware-assisted virtualization

In computing, hardware-assisted virtualization is a platform virtualization approach that enables efficient full virtualization using help from hardware capabilities, primarily from the host processors.

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Host adapter

In computer hardware a host controller, host adapter or host bus adapter (HBA) connects a computer system bus which acts as the host system to other network and storage devices.

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Illumos

Illumos (stylized as illumos) is a partly free and open-source Unix operating system.

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Man page

A man page (short for manual page) is a form of software documentation usually found on a Unix or Unix-like operating system.

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OpenIndiana

OpenIndiana is a free and open-source illumos distribution descended from UNIX System V Release 4 via the OpenSolaris operating system.

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OpenSolaris

OpenSolaris is a discontinued open-source computer operating system based on Solaris and created by Sun Microsystems.

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Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Oracle Solaris

Solaris is a proprietary Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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OS-level virtualization

OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances, called containers (LXC, Solaris containers, AIX WPARs, HP-UX SRP Containers, Docker, Podman), zones (Solaris containers), virtual private servers (OpenVZ), partitions, virtual environments (VEs), virtual kernels (DragonFly BSD), or jails (FreeBSD jail or chroot jail).

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Principle of least privilege

In information security, computer science, and other fields, the principle of least privilege (PoLP), also known as the principle of minimal privilege (PoMP) or the principle of least authority (PoLA), requires that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing environment, every module (such as a process, a user, or a program, depending on the subject) must be able to access only the information and resources that are necessary for its legitimate purpose.

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Process (computing)

In computing, a process is the instance of a computer program that is being executed by one or many threads.

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SmartOS

SmartOS is a free and open-source SVR4 hypervisor based on the UNIX operating system that combines OpenSolaris technology with bhyve and KVM virtualization. Solaris Containers and SmartOS are virtualization software.

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Solaris Trusted Extensions

Solaris Trusted Extensions is a set of security extensions incorporated in the Solaris 10 operating system by Sun Microsystems, featuring a mandatory access control model.

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SPARC

SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.

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Sun-4

Sun-4 is a series of Unix workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1987.

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System call

In computing, a system call (commonly abbreviated to syscall) is the programmatic way in which a computer program requests a service from the operating system on which it is executed.

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Thread (computing)

In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which is typically a part of the operating system.

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Total cost of ownership

Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate intended to help buyers and owners determine the direct and indirect costs of a product or service.

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Virtual machine

In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system.

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X86

x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088.

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ZFS

ZFS (previously Zettabyte File System) is a file system with volume management capabilities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_Containers

Also known as Branded zones, Solaris Containers for Linux Applications, Solaris Zones.