HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Overview

Figure 2-1 Virtualization Technology Categories Matrix
Examples:
• One operating system, running on a single one processor/one core (1P/1C) server
is a standalone system (or a one-node network).
• Multiple operating systems running on one multiple core server utilizes partitioning
technology.
• One operating system spanning multiple
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servers represents clustering technology
The following sections discuss each of the virtualization categories and describe which
HP-UX technologies to use if you need to configure your system(s) to take advantage
of each category.
2. Technically, each server is running its own operating system, but they are all functioning as if they were
a single instance, spanning multiple servers.
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