The following table lists terms that are used to understand resource capacity usage in a virtual environment:
|
Term |
Definition |
|
Total capacity |
All the configured capacity |
|
Limit |
User-defined capacity limit (maximum limit) |
|
Reservation |
User-defined capacity that is booked (reserved) |
|
Entitlement |
Determined by the system based on shares, reservation, and limit |
|
Overhead |
Small amount of resources used to manage the hypervisor and virtualized workloads |
|
Usable capacity |
Capacity available after setting aside the capacity for high availability requirements and buffer reservations |
|
Demand |
Amount of capacity a workload asks for |
|
Usage |
Amount of capacity a workload receives |
