Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 - What is a credit and current consumption rates
A credit represents a generic resource available for your pool's consumption. Tracking is done every minute and reported back to IBM once a day. Software and hardware usage are tracked separately so that you can control your metered usage in more detail.
The table provides an overview for the current credit consumption rates - the amount of metered resource-minutes required to use up a credit from your pool:
| High-end | Midrange | Scale-out | Metering | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware metering | ||||
| 1 Processor Core Activation - AnyOS | 35,000 | 120,000 | 150,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| 1 Processor Core Activation - Linux/VIOS only | 88,000 | 180,000 | 150,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| 1 GB Memory Activation | 3,600,000 | 15,000,000 | N/A | GB-minutes/credit |
| Software metering | ||||
| AIX | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| IBM i P10 Tier | 6,500 | N/A | 6,500 | core-minutes/credit |
| IBM i P20 Tier | 3,000 | N/A | 3,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| IBM i P30 Tier | 2,200 | N/A | 2,200 | core-minutes/credit |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Power | 70,000 | 90,000 | N/A | core-minutes/credit |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power | 70,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power | 22,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX - Standard Edition | 30,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX - Enterprise Edition | 23,000 | 32,000 | 32,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i software Small Tier - P10/P20 | 32,000 | N/A | 32,000 | core-minutes/credit |
| PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i software Medium Tier - P30 | 23,000 | N/A | 23,000 | core-minutes/credit |
Power models supported in Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
High-end
- 9080-M9S - IBM Power E980
- 9080-HEX - IBM Power E1080
- 9080-HEU - IBM Power E1180
Midrange
- 9040-MR9 - IBM Power E950
- 9043-MRX - IBM Power E1050
- 9043-MRU - IBM Power E1150
Scale-out
- 9009-22G - IBM Power S922
- 9009-42G - IBM Power S924
- 9105-22A - IBM Power S1022
- 9105-42A - IBM Power S1024
- 9824-22A - IBM Power S1122
- 9824-42A - IBM Power S1124
Note: No more than two consecutive hardware generations
can be in the same pool. So, you cannot have both Power9 and
Power11 in a single pool.
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