Logical partition
Subset of a computer's hardware resources, virtualized as a separate computer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the type of disk partition, see Disk partitioning § Extended partition.
"LPAR" redirects here. For the conference, see Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning.
A logical partition (LPAR) is a subset of a computer's hardware resources, virtualized as a separate computer. In effect, a physical machine can be partitioned into multiple logical partitions, each hosting a separate instance of an operating system.[1]