A physical computing device, may host one or more partitions or logical systems.
A logical grouping of resources such as CPU, Memory, network and SAN adapters.
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.
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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