Configuring vCore Power

The vCore model of selling CPU resources allows a provider to use server resources more optimal, configure and sell CPU resources more easily. We recommend to switch to the new vCore model to sell CPU resources.

After the upgrade of CloudBlue Commerce from 7.0 to 7.1, the VPS Hosting supports two models of selling CPU:

1. The old CPU model is based on two VPS resource types:

   • VPS CPU Number (Application Counter unit) – the number of CPU cores. It is a billable resource.
   • VPS CPU Power (Application Counter MHz) – the frequency of the whole CPU (the power of all cores altogether). It is a billable resource though you should configure it very accurately to avoid misconfiguration.

2. The new vCore model is based on two VPS resource types:

   • VPS CPU Number (Application Counter unit) – the number of CPU cores. It is a billable resource.
   • VPS Core Power (Application Counter MHz) – the frequency of one core. This is a newly added resource. The VPS Core Power is configured in the service template (the whole vCore or absolute value in MHz) and is not shown in the service plan (not billable resource).

Both of these models can be used in the VPS Hosting service plans. The vCore model is used by default in the VPS Hosting service template creation wizard and service plan creation wizard.

Note: The vCore model is incompatible with the Cloud Server resource model.

How to Configure vCore Power

The VPS Core Power is configured during the creation of the VPS Hosting service template. It can be changed afterwards.

To change vCore power in the existing VPS Hosting service template:

1. Go to Products > Service Templates.
2. Select the desired VPS Hosting service template and switch to the VS Template / Size tab.
3. To change server's configuration, click Edit.

4. Specify Core Power value:

   • Unlimited – the vCore power is equal to the hardware node's actual CPU core power.
   • vCore power can be assigned any absolute value in MHz.

   When ready, click Submit.

The vCore power is configured.

Important: In case you overcommitted a hardware node by selling more CPU Power than a node has in reality, vCore will be still allocated the real CPU Power of a hardware node.