Definition of Terms (continued)

• Frame

  • A physical computing device, may host one or more partitions or logical systems.

• Partition

  • A logical grouping of resources such as CPU, Memory, network and SAN adapters.

• CPU

  • May be shared between multiple systems simultaneously.
  • Allocated and Deallocated on an as needed basis.
  • SLA may address number of CPUs provided, not underlying processing units.

• Memory

  • Assigned to a single system at a time.
  • May be allocated and deallocated on an as needed basis.
  • May be reassigned during off-peak processing times.

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