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Why Buy?
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- Reduce costs by consolidating servers and reducing power, cooling and datacenter space needs
- Adapt to changing datacenter and computing needs by dynamically flexing capacity, optimizing VM placement and automating repetitive management tasks
- Ensure access to mission critical applications by enabling 'zero downtime' maintenance, automatically recovering from hardware failures and providing failover capabilities in disaster situations
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Edition Descriptions
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Advanced: Best virtualization value – Highly available and memory optimized virtual infrastructure for improved TCO and host utilization.
Enterprise: Enterprise-class features – Automated, integrated, and prodution-ready offering for medium to large enterprise deployments.
Platinum: Complete datacenter automation – Data protection and resiliency for enterprise-wide virtual environments.
XenServer Features by Edition
Advanced Enterprise Platinum XenServer Hypervisor 
Resilient distributed management architecture VM disk snapshot and revert XenCenter management console XenConvert XenMotion® live migration Automated VM protection and recover Distributed virtual switching Heterogeneous pools High availability Memory optimization Performance reporting and alerting Dynamic workload balancing GPU pass-thru Host power management IntelliCache for optimized XenDesktop deployments Live memory snapshots and revert Provisioning Services (virtual) Role-based administration StorageLink™ Web management console with delegated admin Provisioning services (physical) Site Recovery -
Features Matrix
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FEATURES
DESCRIPTIONS and BENEFITS
Distributed virtual switching Create a virtual platform that extends into the network infrastructure without compromising security or access and allows for virtual machines to be located anywhere within the network. Distributed virtual switching, included in all editions of XenServer, allows for a network fabric that administrators can utilize to build private, public or hybrid cloud computing models. Dynamic workload balancing Reduce server sprawl and optimize power utilization through automated workload placement based on performance and administrator defined thresholds. Included in Enterprise and Platinum editions, Dynamic Workload Balancing improves system utilization and increases application performance by automatically balancing new and existing virtual machines within a resource pool. High availability All premium editions of XenServer provide for automatic failover and restart of virtual machines. This feature helps to reduce downtime of critical business services, improve application service levels and virtually eliminate the need for planned downtime. Memory optimization By sharing unused server memory between VMs, memory over-commit reduces hardware costs, allows for a greater number of VMs per server host and improves application performance. This feature is included in all editions of XenServer. VM protection and recovery Allows administrators to create policies to automatically take scheduled VM snapshots and to archive the images to a specified storage location. Included in the Platinum Edition, VMPR is used to protect virtual machines from data loss by taking snapshots of VMs and backing-up the data to a secure storage location. Web self-service Allows administrators to manage access and rights to individual VMs and for users to manage the day-to-day operations of their assigned virtual machines. Web self-service is included in the Enterprise and Platinum editions. Using the basic web interface, administrators can grant access and management rights for specific virtual machines to specific end-users. -
Testimonials
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Citrix is pleased you are considering Citrix XenServer to integrate, manage, and automate your organization's virtual datacenter.
Xenium
Learn how other companies, across the globe, have transformed their business with XenServer.
An operator of several high-profile, high-traffic web sites, XENIUM uses Citrix XenServer to deliver high performance and reliability.
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Macau Polytechnic Institute
A government funded higher education establishment needed to resolve complexity issues with an ever-increasing number of applicants. Read More
I-Business Network LLC
An application service provider embraces virtualization technology to reduce costs, increase scalability, streamline operations, and compete more effectively. Read More