
74 Power Systems Enterprise Servers with PowerVM Virtualization and RAS
Advantages of WPARs over LPARs
WPARs have the following advantages over LPARs:
WPARs are much simpler to manage, and they can actually be created from the AIX
command line or through SMIT unlike the LPARs.
It is a requirement to install patches and technology upgrades to every LPAR. Each LPAR
requires its own archiving strategy and disaster recovery strategy. However, this
requirement is not the same with a WPAR, because it is part of a single LPAR.
As many as 8,000 WPARs can be created in a single LPAR, which means that 8,000
applications can run in an isolated environment. ...