Control resource usage with allocation limits

To control the use of resources, you can create allocation limits for

an enterprise
an enterprise in a cloud provider
an enterprise in a datacenter or public cloud region
virtual datacenters

Screenshot: Allocation limits for an enterprise

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Screenshot: Allocation limits for an enterprise in Abstract datastore tiers.

To set limits for datastore tiers across more than one cloud location, create Abstract datastore tiers. See Abstract datastore tiers for storage service levels

The platform will use these limits to decide if a user can deploy or reconfigure VMs or obtain more resources.

A Hard limit is the maximum amount of resources (e.g CPU, RAM, hard disk) that an enterprise may consume.
A Soft limit can trigger a warning for users and administrators that users are nearing the hard limits.

When a user exceeds (or tries to exceed) the limits, the platform displays messages and creates events. The administrator can display limits on the platform dashboards and they can help to forecast resource demand.

If a user tries to exceed the hard limits for resources that are checked during configuration, the platform displays an error.

Screenshot: Hard limit exceeded

And the platform also generates event messages for the user and the administrator. See Events Table#Workload

The platform optionally displays allocation limits on the dashboard for users with the appropriate privileges. It marks soft limits in orange and hard limits in red.

It can also display the enterprise usage and enterprise limits for Abstract datastore tiers, which are platform-wide storage service levels.

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