The Entitled TCore-Hours are drawn down from a user’s Block of TCore-Hours based on how they use their system. For steady-state consumption, a system utilizes TCore-Hours at a specific rate over time (per day/month/week/year). When performing elasticity operations such as Scale Up and Scale Out, TCore-Hours are drawn down from a Block at a faster rate because of the additional compute resources being utilized. When Scaling Down or Scaling In, the TCore-Hours consumption rate is decreased due to a smaller amount of compute resources being used. Stopping a system halts TCore-Hours consumption for the duration of when the system is Stopped.