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Consumption Metrics

The number of processing units that are currently allocated to a partition represents its entitlement. If a partition is an uncapped shared partition, it might consume more processing units than allocated. The two corresponding metrics are the physical consumption and entitlement consumption.

Physical consumption (physical processor consumed)

Represents the amount of processing unit currently consumed. The physical consumption corresponds to the entitled capacity of the partition that is multiplied by its entitlement consumption.

Example: If a partition with entitled capacity of 0.50 processing units is having an entitled capacity consumption of 150 percent, it is consuming 0.50 * 1.5 = 0.75 physical processor.

Entitlement consumption (entitled capacity consumed)

Represents the percentage of processing unit currently consumed compared to the number of processing units that are allocated to the partition. A partition consuming all of its entitled capacity reports 100 percent utilization. Consequently, uncapped shared partitions can have an entitlement consumption that exceeds 100 percent.