Resource Limit

Description

Component Name

The name of the service component that requires resources.

Where this  appears: All resource lists.

Resource Type

A specific type of resource required by the service component. Resource types include bandwidth, number of mailboxes, or disk space.

Where this  appears: All resource lists.

Limit

The amount of server resources available to the resource type. If you own a hosting server, you can specify the amount of server resources you want to make available. You can allow unlimited resources by selecting the Unlimited option.

If you want to allow unlimited resources, you can allocate more than the actual resources available on the server, as long as those resources are not all needed at once. This allows you to over-sell a server's resources. However, since no server's resources are actually unlimited, use this setting with discretion.

Resellers who purchase hosting servers from you can change this limit.

Where this  appears: All resource lists. If you own the hosting server, you can change this amount by changing the hosting server information.

Actual

The actual server resources available to the resource type. The system uses this amount when it calculates the server's resource usage level set in the first step. For example, if you set the actual resource limit at 100 MB, and you set the usage warning level at 80%, a warning message is sent when the usage reaches 80 MB.

The system does not verify the actual server resources. Ensure that you know the actual resource limits of your server before you set this amount. If you set the actual limit too high or too low, the resource usage warnings lose their meaning.

Resellers who purchase hosting servers from you do not see the actual limit.

Where this appears: On hosting server lists in the service provider control panel; only service providers see this amount.

You can change this amount any time by changing the hosting server information.

Allocated

The amount of resource that has been sold to resellers and organizations but is not currently in use.

Where this  appears: Organization usage summaries only.

Available

The total amount of resource type available as listed in the Limit column minus the amount that is in use.

Where this  appears: All resource lists.

Sold

The amount of resource that has been sold by resellers but is not currently in use.

Where this  appears: All resource lists except for organization lists.

Usage

The percentage of the resource type in use. The usage percentage differs from the Sold percentage if resellers, organizations, sites, and users have not used all the resources sold to them.

Where this  appears: All resource lists