Micro-Partitioning facts

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Micro-Partitioning maps virtual processors to physical processors and the virtual processors are assigned to the partitions instead of the physical processors.

You can use the Hypervisor to specify what percentage of processor usage to grant to the shared partitions, which is defined as an entitlement. The minimum processor entitlement is ten percent.

You can realize the following advantages with Micro-Partitioning:

  • Optimal resource utilization
  • Rapid deployment of new servers
  • Application isolation

Micro-Partitioning is available on IBM® Power Systems servers. It is possible to run a variety of partitions with varying levels of operating systems, but you can only use Micro-Partitioning on partitions running AIX Version 6.1 or later.

With IBM Power Systems servers, you can choose the following types of partitions from the Hardware Management Console, or HMC: