xenserver

Is there really a performance difference between hypervisors from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix? We put them under a microscope and stress-tested them for days to find out the answer. http://virtualizationreview.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=2641 There was no overall winner here; no way to say, "This is the best hypervisor for every situation." But some general conclusions can be drawn. For CPU- and memory-intensive applications, XenServer and Hyper-V are attractive and have proven their mettle. For a... [Lire la suite]

Before anyone starts shouting, yes I’m a VMware employee and a VMware fanatic or whatever they call it these days. One of my customers phoned me up today and wanted to discuss the fact that XenServer Enterprise is available for free. I wasn’t prepared at all which makes a discussion like this very “interesting” to say the least, especially because I’m not a competitive expert. I answered the customers question by asking a question: Do you really think the product is free and enterprise ready? The customer referred me to this... [Lire la suite]

Citrix announced the release of Citrix Essentials for XenServer and Hyper-V. Yes – Essentials supports both XenServer and Hyper-V. Prior to the announcement, Citrix gave me the opportunity to evaluate Citrix Essentials in my lab, which I naturally accepted. For background, Citrix Essentials is offered as Enterprise or Platinum editions for Hyper-V and XenServer. Table 1 lists each edition’s features. Version Features Hyper-V Enterprise - Citrix StorageLink technology - Dynamic Provisioning for Virtual Machines ... [Lire la suite]

C’est maintenant officiel, Citrix XenServer est dorénavant gratuit (XenCenter, XenMotion, Resource Pools et storage management inclus) http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=1687130 Citrix compterai compenser financierement avec un pack de management nommé Citrix Essentials décliné en 2 versions. --> C'est la guerre! Hyper-V doit rattraper son retard avec la R2, mais VMWare va devoir riposter rapidement sinon le marché va lui filer entre les doigts! De plus : XenServer will also now be included as... [Lire la suite]

la fondation Xen a publié la version 3.3 de son hyperviseur maison, à savoir XEN. http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/08/28/xen-version-33-adds-performance-scalability-to-open-source-hypervisor/ The new Xen 3.3 release provides users with the new features including: * Power management in the hypervisor* Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM) emulation domains for better scalability, performance and security* Shadow pagetable improvements for the best HVM performance ever* Hardware Assisted Paging enhancements*... [Lire la suite]