Create a datacenter load balance rule

The platform uses allocation rules to control the scheduling of resources in datacenters, although your virtualization technology must manage the use of the resources. For details of the allocation process, see the Virtual Machine Allocation section. 

You can create the following types of load balance rules:

• PERFORMANCE:  select the machine with the most available resources. If more than one physical machine has the same resources available, use a round-robin algorithm to allocate each VM to a different physical machine.
• PROGRESSIVE:  select the same physical machine until it is full, then change to another one. Begin with the machine with the most available resources. Default rule

A datacenter load balance rule will have priority over a global load balance rule.

To create a datacenter load balance rule:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Private → select datacenter
2. If you are in Map view or Statistics view, click the server symbol in top right-hand corner to go to Servers view
3. Go to Allocation rules
4. On the Datacenter panel, click the + add  button
5. Select Load balance as the rule type
6. Select the load balance type