Introducing XenServer 6

Push the economics of virtualization

Lower your desktop virtualization costs

Accelerate virtual desktop performance and reduce costs with new IntelliCache and GPU Pass-thru features. IntelliCache uses local storage to cache boot images and non-persistent data for XenDesktop deployments. GPU Pass-thru extends the XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro capabilities by allowing multiple GPU cards to be aggregated on a host and then assigned to high graphics-intensive VMs as they come online. By lowering capital expenses for storage infrastructure as well as operational costs, XenServer increases the return on your desktop virtualization investment. Learn more

Reduce your power, cooling and hardware costs

Dynamic workload balancing intelligently optimizes application performance by automatically balancing VMs within a resource pool. As demand for IT services fluctuates, XenServer can reduce power consumption by dynamically consolidating VMs on fewer hosts and powering off the underutilized servers. With fewer servers running during off-peak hours, you will experience a cost savings associated with powering your datacenter.

Create a more flexible and reliable datacenter

XenServer makes the most of your datacenter resources and helps keep your business running. Dynamic memory controls improve application performance and increase server density by allowing virtual machines to share unused server memory without compromising server or VM performance. Now featuring the Open vSwitch as the network management default, XenServer enables virtual network switching to let you create a multi-tenant, highly secure and extremely flexible network fabric that allows VMs to move freely within your IT infrastructure. As a VM moves within your network, the rights and traffic controls travel with the VM ensuring that a VMs security is never compromised.

Automated failover and disaster recovery services

The best defense against data loss is to replicate your data across multiple sites. This ensures against any potential catastrophic loss of a single datacenter. XenServer features Site Recovery which includes the tools required to set up multiple data repository environments, to manage and coordinate between those repositories, to create and frequently test disaster recovery plans, and to fail over to unaffected repositories in the event of an outage or disaster. Server outages cannot be avoided, but Site Recovery ensures that your data is protected and failover plans remain valid.