Solaris zones is a low overhead virtualization technique, where the guest system is using the same kernel as the underlying systems.
Solaris zones are process teams running in a changeroot environment on the underlying hosting Solaris system, called "Global Zone".
Global Zone
- hosting Solaris instance with access to all physical ressources.
- All processes belonging to nonglobal (hosted) zones are visible from within the global zone.
Nonglobal Zone - Solaris Process Container appearing as a separate system to processes running inside of it.
Branded Zone (BrandZ)
- with an added layer of system call translation, it is possible to run a different operating system revision within a Zone.
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