With enhanced editions of Citrix XenServer, customers can also leverage advanced functions that enable a deep integration between physical and virtual resources and allow for more granular management virtual environments.

Advanced Integration and Management

With enhanced editions of Citrix XenServer, customers can also leverage advanced functions that enable a deep integration between physical and virtual resources and allow for more granular management virtual environments.

StorageLink

Citrix StorageLink provides integration with leading network storage platforms which enables storage managers to leverage existing data management tools to maintain consistent management processes for both physical and virtual environments. Key data management processes can be instantiated from a single StorageLink interface.

Web Console with Delegated Admin

Web Self Service provides IT administrators with a simple web-based console to delegate individual VM rights to application owners as well as a way for application owners to manage day to day operations of their VM's.

Provisioning Services

Reduce storage requirements by creating a set of golden images which can be streamed to both physical and virtual servers for fast, consistent, and reliable application deployments.

IntelliCache

XenServer is optimized to reduce the overall costs and improve performance of a XenDesktop installation. By using local storage as a repository for boot images and non-persistent or temporary data, XenServer can reduce virtual desktop boot times, decrease network volume and traffic, and save on total storage costs for a XenDesktop installation.

Distributed Virtual Switching

Create a multi-tenant, highly secure and extremely flexible network fabric that allows VMs to move freely within the network while maintaining security and control. Distributed virtual switching bridges subnets to provide stateful migration of VMs between networks and between on-premises and cloud networks without manual intervention.

XenServer Conversion Manager 

Automate the process of converting VMware virtual machines into XenServer virtual machines with this simple batch conversion tool. To effectively manage costs, datacenter operators are defining classes of workloads as mission critical and non-mission critical and leveraging more affordable options for the latter. Alternatively, some operators are replacing their virtualization platform wholesale with a more affordable option such as XenServer.

Heterogeneous Pools

Enables resource pools to contain servers with different processor types, and support full XenMotion, high availability, workload balancing, and shared storage functionality.

Role-based Administration

Role-based administration improves security and enables delegated access, control, and usage of XenServer pools by maintaining a tiered access structure with varying levels of permissions.

Performance Reporting and Alerting

Receive immediate notification with historical reporting of VM performance to enable the rapid identification and diagnosis of fault or failure in the virtual infrastructure.