HP-UX Server Virtualization

[Shivkumar]

Hi,

I know there were nPar and vPar virtualization on HP-UX Servers earlier.

I am bit outdated in recent development on HP-UX side.

Is there any new development on HP-UX in virtualization front similar to IBM's LPARs etc ?

Thanks,
Shiv

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

There is also HPVM.

[melvyn burnard]

There is also Secure Resource Partitions (SRP)

[Torsten.]

You already now the hardware based solution nPars, the solution nowadays somewhere between hard- and software is vPars and the (mostly) software based virtualization is HPVM (virtual machines) - this is for Integrity servers only.

[vishnu.khandare]

Hi Shiv,

Other virtualization options are also there now a days Vpar Npar, and VM (Integrity Virtual Machine).

This IVm is more user friendly and less costlier as compared to npar vpar solution.

U can implement IVM in blades even.

Hope this solves ur query.
Dont forget to assgn points.


Regards
Vishnu Khandare

[Bhadresh]

Hi Shiv,

Have a look at following page to know recent developments:
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/os/hpux11i-partitioning-integrity-vm.html

Software based virtualization is Integrity VM. To know more about Integrity VM, have a look at the following white paper:
http://h20338.www2.hp.com/enterprise/downloads/Intro_VM_WP_12_Sept%2005.pdf

Regards,
Bhadresh

[Alzhy]

The latest would be to move your expensive HP-UX workloads to Redhat Linux and virtualize under vMware or KVM or xVM.

;^))

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

npar/vpar works well for heavy hitter database/application environments. It is more oriented to a big server world.

Do not agree with the Linux migration advice. Linux is great but is fundamentally less stable than HP-UX which is why I wrote the first paragraph.

For smaller environments needing more granularity, you can go HPVM. You can allocate CPU in percentages to machines, shift resources around with great flexibility.

I love both environments.

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[Shivkumar]

It seems HP-UX is doing good on PA-RISC and Itanium. And still leading in market share.

[Steven E. Protter]

There are a lot of views on market share.

I think uncertainty over the acquisition of Sun by Oracle, and Oracle's predatory pricing policies drove people from Sun to HP-UX.

PA-RISC is dead end technology. It has not been sold for 22 months.

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