Consolidation with LDoms (Score 1)

A major feature of the T1 processor and the Niagara 2 is called LDoms - logical domains. With this technology, you can divide the processor into a bunch of logical domains, each with is own O/S and dedicated resources. If you don't have a workload that can use 64-way scaling but instead you have 8 workloads that can each use up to 8 threads, then you can use LDoms technology to assign the resources and create 8 virtual servers.

Imagine 8 web servers each on it's own "server" in an LDom - with the ability to handle multiple requests. While you can do something similar with Solaris 10 containers, LDoms give you control over the memory and independent O/S images.

LDoms can be used with containers. In my example, those 8 "servers" could be owned by different departments who could use containers to have a test and development containers within the same LDom.

People are having good results from similar efforts with VMware for a non-trivial free. By the way, LDoms are free.

Did anyone mention that the T1-based servers such as the T1000 and T2000 don't require a lot of power? 300-350 watts Replacing 8 older Sun SPARC servers with one (as in my example) can save a lot of space and electricity.

-johnj