Workload partitions
With the release of AIX 6.1, IBM introduced a new virtualization capability called Workload Partition (WPAR). A WPAR is a software-created, virtualized operating system environment within a single AIX image. Each workload partition is a secure and isolated environment for the application that it hosts. The application in a WPAR “thinks” that it is being executed in its own dedicated AIX instance.
WPARs can be created in all hardware environments that support AIX 6.1 and later. This includes, for example, POWER4 machines, which ...
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