Understanding the Basics About Solaris Containers in the Solaris 10 OS

This paper aims to identify the basics of Solaris Containers in the Solaris 10 Operating System so that Sun's developers, system administrators, ISVs, partners and customers will know how to address common tasks related to this technology. Additionally, it addresses how Solaris Containers should be used and what the limitations of this technology are. The goal of presenting this information is to provide the end users with the information they need to make intelligent decisions about Solaris Containers when either developing or deploying applications or managing a Solaris environment.