title: Virtual Processors and Logical Partitions
body: <p>I basically wanted to know what exactly a virtual processor is. At IBM's site they define it as:</p>
  
  <p>"A virtual processor is a representation of a physical processor core to the operating system of a logical partition that uses shared processors. "</p>
  
  <p>I understand that if there are x processors, each of which can simultaneously perform two operations, then the system can perform 2x operations simultaneously. But where does virtual processor fit into this. And i tried looking up the difference between a logical partition and other partitions such as primary but wasn't really sure. </p>