SUN Solaris: Containers and Virtualization

Hi Everyone,
Just starting on a new project which will deployed on SUN Mxxxx servers.
We have opted to virtualize the systems, does anyone have any experience on Solaris Virtualization, containers, etc?
Any white papers, how to guide or experience would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Michael

We make use of containers/zones heavily (together with ZFS as filesystem) and it works like a charm. We also use on one box Solaris Cluster together with containers.
Check the following notes:
Note 1246022 - Support for SAP applications in Solaris Zones
Note 870652 - Installation of SAP in a Solaris Zone
Note 724713 - parameter settings for Solaris 10
What database will be used?
Markus

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