memory resource limits

I am struggling with the justification for the existence of limits of memory resources.

Why a virtual machine would (for example) 2GB memory configured in "virtual machine properties | material"and have a limit of 1 GB under" properties of the virtual machine. resources? "Why not just configure it with 1 GB of memory?

Also, if a virtual computer is configured with a memory of 2 GB, but has a limit of 1 GB, would he think always that she had at least 1 GB free memory and never page?

Can someone give me a realistic scenario for the use of resource memory limits?

Thank you

-dog

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