Resource Pools (Overview)

This chapter discusses the following features:

• Resource pools, which are used for partitioning machine resources

• Dynamic resource pools (DRPs), which dynamically adjust each resource pool's resource allocation to meet established system goals

Resource pools and dynamic resource pools are services in the Solaris service management facility (SMF). Each of these services is enabled separately.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

• Introduction to Resource Pools

• Introduction to Dynamic Resource Pools

• About Enabling and Disabling Resource Pools and Dynamic Resource Pools

• Resource Pools Used in Zones

• When to Use Pools

• Resource Pools Framework

• Implementing Pools on a System

• project.pool Attribute

• SPARC: Dynamic Reconfiguration Operations and Resource Pools

• Creating Pools Configurations

• Directly Manipulating the Dynamic Configuration

• poold Overview

• Managing Dynamic Resource Pools

• Configuration Constraints and Objectives

• poold Features That Can Be Configured

• How Dynamic Resource Allocation Works

• Using poolstat to Monitor the Pools Facility and Resource Utilization

• Commands Used With the Resource Pools Facility

For procedures using this functionality, see Chapter 13, Creating and Administering Resource Pools (Tasks).