XenServer for free !
Yesterday Citrix anounced the free XenServer Enterprise edition. It’s comparable to VMWare ESX i but with much more functions in it. See for yourself. It’s going to be a very big competitor for VMware.
| Features included at no cost | Citrix XenServer | VMware ESXi |
| Bare-metal hypervisor | 64-bit | 32-bit |
| Max virtual CPUs | 8 | 4 |
| Windows® and Linux guests |  |
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| Unlimited servers, VMs, memory |  |
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| P2V & V2V conversion |
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| Shared SAN and NAS storage | |
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| Centralized multi-server management | |
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| Resilient distributed management architecture | |
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| Live motion | |
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| Shared VM template library | |
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| Centralized configuration management | |
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| Virtual infrastructure patch management | |
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| Intelligent initial VM placement | |
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| Intelligent server maintenance mode | |
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| Fine-grained CPU resource controls | |
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| Hot-swappable disks and NICs | |
Read about it here
