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'''IBM AIX Workload partitionsPartitions''' ('''WPARs''') are a software implementation of [[OS-level virtualization|operating system-level virtualization]] technology introduced in the [[IBM|IBM's]] [[IBM AIX|IBM (operating system)|AIX 6.1 operating system]] that provides application environment isolation and resource control.

WPARs are software partitions that are created from, and share the resources of, a single instance of the AIX OS. WPARs can be created on any [[IBM Power Systems]] or [[systemIBM System p]] hardware that supports AIX version 6.1 orand higher versions.<ref>[https://www.theregister.com/2012/02/17/ibm_aix_5_3_i5_v5r4_support/ "IBM puts AIX 5.3 on extended life support"] ''The Register''. Retrieved 2024-04-17.</ref> There are twothree kinds of WPARs,: System WPARs; Application WPARs; and ApplicationVersioned WPARs.

==System WPAR==

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==See also==

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*[[Operating system-level virtualization]]

*[[LPAR|Logical Partitioning]] (LPAR)

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*[[OpenVZ]]

*[[Linux-VServer]]

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-workload/index.html Basic management of Workload Partitions in AIX], IBM developersworksdeveloperworks

*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-wpar61aix/index.html Workload Partitioning (WPAR) in AIX 6.1], IBM developersworksdeveloperworks

*[http://www.rootvg.net/content/category/6/49/169/ All about WPAR<nowiki></nowiki>]

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