Xen Cloud Platform 1.6 Releases

Cambridge, UK 11/27/2012 - Xen.org, home of the open source Xen hypervisor, today announced the availability of Xen Cloud Platform 1.6 (or short XCP), an industry-leading virtualization platform for companies to create and manage virtual infrastructures for servers, desktops and clouds. XCP 1.6 strengthens its server virtualization feature set for datacenter consolidation and simplifies the path to cloud computing with advanced virtual machine migration, enhanced networking and security.

XCP is a complete open source server virtualization platform built on the powerful open-source Xen® hypervisor, which is widely acknowledged as the fastest and most secure virtualization software in the industry and is designed for efficient management of Linux® and Windows® virtual servers, delivering cost-effective server consolidation and business continuity. XCP adds a rich set of management and automation capabilities, cloud management integrations and security enhancements to optimize the platform for cloud use-cases.

New features in the latest version of XCP include:

• Storage Migration: XCP now features an all new Storage XenMotion® technology that lets users freely move running virtual machines without the need for shared storage. With the new Storage XenMotion feature, live migration occurs using a “shared nothing” architecture where the storage used for the virtual disks can be moved freely within and across pools for optimized storage utilization, simplified backup and serviceability.
• Live VDI Migration: XCP now allows users to relocate a VM's Virtual Disk Image (VDI) without shutting down the VM. This enables users to move VM's from cheap, local storage to fast, resilient, array-backed storage; to move VM's from a development to a production environment; to move between tiers of storage when a VM is limited by storage capacity; and to perform storage array upgrades.
• Networking Enhancements:
XCP contains a number of networking enhancements, sich as support for Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP); improvements to Source Load Balancing (SLB); improvements to Multi-Tenancy support; VLAN Scalability improvements; support for Emergency Network Reset and IPv6 Guest support

For other improvements to XCP, please consult the XCP 1.6 Release Notes.

Further Information:

• XCP 1.6 Download
• XCP 1.6 Release Notes
• XCP 1.6 Manuals
• XCP Overview
• XCP Features
• Xen Community Blog
• Xen Wiki and Documentation
• twitter: @xen_org, #xen

About Xen.org

Xen.org is the home of the open source Xen hypervisor, a fast, secure industry standard code base for operating system virtualization. Founded and led by Ian Pratt, the community benefits from the contributions of senior engineers from leading hardware, software, and security vendors. Xen.org is run for the benefit of the community by the Xen Project Advisory Board, which is drawn from leading contributors to the project. For more information, visit www.xen.org.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a contributor to and hosts Xen.org. This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release, including without limitation statements made by representatives of contributors to Xen.org, do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors in contributors to Xen.org are cautioned that statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical statements, involve risks that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the impact of the global economy and uncertainty in the IT spending environment, the demand for cloud services, the uncertainty inherent in developing cutting-edge technology, the failure to coordinate and manage contributions to Xen.org, competition from alternative cloud infrastructure providers, the voluntary nature of contributions to Xen.org, the level of resources made available to Xen.org by contributors to Xen.org as well as other risks detailed in any public statements or filings by Xen.org or any contributor to Xen.org. Neither Xen.org nor any contributor to Xen.org assumes any obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

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