Glossary
PPU Terminology
pay per useThe HP On Demand Solutions product that has a pricing model in which you are charged for actual processor usage. You acquire a specific hardware platform, and number of processors, and are charged for the actual usage, based on the percent utilization of the processors.
portalA HP web site that gives customers an interface to view their PPU system/partition utilization information. See “PPU Web Portal” on page 36 for details.
usage databaseThe HP repository that contains PPU system/partition utilization information. You can access this information through the PPU web portal.
utility meterThe software and hardware device that receives PPU system/partition utilization information from the PPU software. The utility meter is initially installed and configured by a HP service representative.
virtual partitionA software partitioning of a computer or hard partition where each virtual partition contains an instance of an operating system. Though a hard partition can contain multiple virtual partitions, the inverse is not true (that is, a virtual partition cannot span hard partition boundaries).
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