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CPU overcommit is generally safe because vCPUs are time-shared and most VMs are idle, with 4:1 to 6:1 common. Memory overcommit is different: exceeding physical RAM forces ballooning, page sharing or host swapping, and host swapping is catastrophic for guest performance because the guest has no visibility into it.
Overcommit ratios
CPU ratio = allocated vCPUs / physical cores; memory ratio = allocated VM memory / physical memory
CPU ready time in VMware or steal time inside the guest. Above 5 percent indicates VMs are waiting for physical cores.
In development and VDI where many guests are idle, transparent page sharing and ballooning reclaim genuine slack. For production databases, never.