Using the Reservation Pool allocation model in the Dedicated service offering enables providers to aggregate resources in bulk, with a 100% upfront physical capacity guarantee for target service subscribers whose workloads demand the most stringent service levels for capacity availability, performance, and security isolation. Like the Committed service offering, this service tier provides equal flexibility in how resources are allocated through published vApp catalogs in vCloud Director. Subscribers are entitled to the same privileges for creating their own custom and private vApp catalogs, in addition to use of any public catalogs and standard application images that may be made available by the provider.

The following table provides an example of different sizing combinations that can be included in a Dedicated service offering (virtual datacenter) catalog. Values in the CPU Capacity Reserved and Memory Capacity Reserved columns imply a 100% dedicated resource guarantee upfront. Depending on the customizable sizing options made available by a provider of this service, subscribers may be able to specify non-standard combinations of resource types, such as CPU, memory, storage, and quantities. It is still recommended, however, that providers first implement a pricing model commensurate with the range of scale for each resource type.

 

Although resources assigned at the organization virtual datacenter layer in the Dedicated service offering are fully reserved and dedicated, subscribers to the service are entitled to control resource overcommitment through reservation and limit settings for each individual virtual machine. The following table provides an example of how these resource allocation settings might be configured.