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Table 1-1. Major Metric Concepts (Continued)
Metric Description
Limit Maximum amount that an object can obtain from a resource.
The limit sets the upper bound for CPU, memory, or disk I/O
resources that you allocate and configure in vCenter Server.
The usage amount is less than or equal to the limit amount.
The demand amount can be greater than the limit amount.
The limit amount is less than or equal to the provisioned
amount.
The default limit amount is unlimited.
Rules: Usage <= Limit
Demand can be greater than Limit .
Reservation Guaranteed amount of resources for an object.
The object does not start without this reserved amount. The
default amount is 0.
Entitlement Amount of a resource that a virtual machine can use based
on the relative priority of that consumer set by the
virtualization configuration.
This metric is a function of provisioned, limit, reservation,
shares, and demand. Shares involve proportional weighting
that indicates the importance of a virtual machine.
The entitlement amount is less than or equal to the limit
amount.
The entitlement metric applies only to virtual machines.
Rules: Entitlement <= Limit <= Provisioned
Entitlement >= Reservations
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