About resource limits

Resource limits define the server resources, such as disk space, required by a service. Hosting servers, pools, resellers, and organizations all have resource limits for their services.

Resource limit information includes:

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 or 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.

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

 

* This field is displayed only while viewing the resources of a reseller.