Easy setup and administration

Citrix XenServer™ can be installed and ready to run virtualized workloads and deliver the benefits of server consolidation in just a few minutes (the ten minutes to Xen experience). It has a unique management architecture that eliminates single points of failure. IT staff can manage hundreds of virtual machines easily with the included XenCenter centralized management console that installs on any Windows® desktop with only four megabytes of storage.

Bare-metal performance

Built on the open-source Xen® hypervisor, XenServer’s compact architecture has the lowest overhead of any server virtualization solution, offering near bare metal performance.

Integrated storage architecture

Unlike other server virtualization products that are built on closed proprietary systems, the open storage APIs in XenServer allow customers to leverage advanced functions such as snapshotting, cloning, replication, de-duplication and provisioning in their existing storage systems.  This unique approach allows customers to fully leverage all the capabilities of their existing datacenter infrastructure rather than deploying and managing an entirely new set of tools and people that apply only to their virtual servers.

Open architecture

The foundation that powers the open architecture of XenServer is the popular Xen hypervisor.  By incorporating the latest Xen hypervisor, XenServer benefits from the innovation, security and validation of hundreds of leading system developers from over 50 companies, including the world’s largest server and microprocessor manufacturers.

XenMotion

Get your weekends back by managing and maintaining your physical hardware during business hours. The live migration functionality of XenMotion™ can migrate virtual machines to other physical hardware with zero downtime, allowing you to patch and update your machines without your users ever knowing.

XenCenter centralized management

XenCenter delivers scalable setup and administration to XenServer environments, with intuitive controls and easy-to-use wizards for advanced network and storage configuration.  Unlike other management consoles, XenCenter distributes management data across servers in a resource pool to ensure there is no single point of management failure.   

Upgrade to Citrix Essentials

XenServer can be upgraded in place to take advantage of the advanced server virtualization management capabilities of Citrix Essentials.  IT organizations can enhance their operations and application delivery dramatically with the addition of capabilities such as:

• Automated lab management
• Advanced storage integration
• Dynamic provisioning services
• Workflow orchestration
• High availability
• Workload balancing