Overcommitment is a basic principle and benefit of virtualization, and it plays an important role in capacity planning. As discussed in the section Demand versus allocation, overcommitment is only applicable to the allocation model, and allows either a percentage or ratio of overcommitment to be set for CPU, memory, and disk space. Overcommitment is set as part of the usable capacity section of a policy, as shown in the following screenshot:
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