[THIN] Re: Vmware vs Citrix....

XenServer is much like Hyper-V.  In fact XenSource worked with Microsoft to help develop portions of Hyper-V.   Interesting enough, they also share the same architecture.

 

XenServer=Para-virtualized Hypervisor

XenApp=Previously know as CPS and Application Virtualization (think softgrid like)

XenDesktop=Hosted/Virtualized Desktops

Provisioning Server=PXE boot VM and hard-machines.  Can share a common image so 1 OS image can boot 100s of PCs.

 

From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Harry Singh
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:39 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: Vmware vs Citrix....

 

Thanks Jim.

So Xenserver is a different product than CPS ? And Xenserver is the direct VMware/Hyper-V competitor ?

I believe the new name is XenApp Server and it's up to revision 5.0, correct ?

I'm trying to catch up, forgive me.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

Forgot a link. Citrix put up a separate site for Xenserver at http://www.xenserver5.com/
which contains additional information just on Xenserver.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@gmail.com> wrote:

On the Citrix front you will want to take a look at Xenserver ( http://www.citrix.com/xenserver ) and consider that they include Provisioning with it that gives you a faster ability to deploy servers in my opion then VMWare.  Vmware has been doing this a whole lot longer though and they have probably the most robust management tools out there.  As time goes by though that game is changing.

Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Harry Singh <hboogz@gmail.com> wrote:

All -

Let me preface this by saying, I run a relatively small shop with a single CPS 4.0 farm and single WI/CSG deployment.

Now, Management wants to get involved with server virtualization. They are heading towards the direction of VMware but i do know that Citrix is in the virtualization space as well, but i don't know to what capacity. I, personally, have always thought that VMware would be the route to take to get server's and client's virtualized -- does citrix have something to compete with vmware ESX/Workstation ?

in other words, what exactly is citrix doing with regards to virtualization  ?