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I've been searching on Frank Denneman's site, but I don't think the answer is there to this specific question.  His quality is second to none, but I don't think it addresses this.

Example of the difference between a general and specific definition of when share values take affect.

1.  A General explanation of when resource pool share values take effect:

"Share values take effect When demand exceeds available resources"

[this is general - no metric specified for what data counters are used to calculate "demand", no data counters specified to define how "available resources" are calculated.]

2.  A specific explanation of when resource pool share values take affect:

"Resource pool share values used in conjunction with CPU take affect when the demand, measured in percent utilization, and measured according to the data counter with the exact title of

  • "cpu.usage.average"
  • reaches 95%

of the host CPU capacity measured according to the data counter cpu.capacity.total

[ok so I made that counter name up] after subtracting the overhead required by the hypervisor."

I know this isn't how the algorithm works but I am creating an example to try to explain the difference between a general statement of what triggers share values to take affect and a specific definition of the condition that triggers them, defined by specific data counters reaching specific numerical values.

Hopefully that explains the question more clearly

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