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Learn the differences between the Capacity on Demand (CoD) offerings and learn basic information about each offering.
The following table provides a brief description of each CoD offering. Consult your IBM® Business Partner or IBM sales representative to select the CoD offering most appropriate for your environment.
| Offering | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity Upgrade on Demand | You can permanently activate inactive processors and memory units by purchasing an activation feature and entering the provided activation code. You can do this without restarting your server or interrupting your business. |
| Trial Capacity on Demand | You can evaluate the use of inactive processors, memory, or both, at no charge using Trial CoD. After it is started, the trial period is available for 30 power-on days. |
| On/Off Capacity on Demand | You can activate processors or memory units for a number of days by using the HMC to activate resources on a temporary basis. |
| Utility Capacity on Demand | Utility CoD is used when you have unpredictable, short workload spikes. Utility CoD automatically provides additional processor capacity on a temporary basis within the shared processor pool. Use is measured in processor minute increments and is reported at the Utility CoD Web site. |
| Capacity BackUp | You can use Capacity BackUp to provide an off-site, disaster recovery server using On/Off CoD capabilities. The Capacity BackUp offering has a minimum set of active processors that can be used for any workload and a large number of inactive processors that can be activated using On/Off CoD in the event of a disaster. A specified number of no-charge On/Off CoD processor days is provided with Capacity BackUp. |
| PowerVM® Editions (PowerVM) | PowerVM Editions (PowerVM Editions)
deliver advanced virtualization functions for AIX®, IBM i,
and Linux clients. PowerVM Editions (PowerVM Editions)
include the following offerings:
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