A comparison of important features between Citrix XenServer 5, Microsoft Hyper-V 1.0 and ESXi 3.5u3
Posted on November 25th, 2008
Originally posted here
Tags: Citrix XenServer, comparison, esx, hyper-v, VMWare
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Comparison of XenServer 5.0 Versions
Posted on November 21st, 2008
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Compare Citrix XenServer Editions |
Express Edition | Standard Edition | Enterprise Edition | Platinum Edition |
| Feature | ||||
| Native 64-bit Xen hypervisor | • | • | • | • |
| Windows and Linux guests | • | • | • | • |
| XenCenter unified virtualization management console | • | • | • | • |
| XenAPI management and control scripting interface | • | • | • | • |
| Multi-server management | • | • | • | |
| Resource pools | • | • | ||
| XenMotion live migration | • | • | ||
| Shared Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NFS storage | • | • | ||
| Configurable VLAN support | • | • | ||
| Resource QoS controls | • | • | ||
| Physical and virtual server provisioning | • | |||
| Administrative model | Single server | Multiple servers | Multiple servers and pools |
Multiple servers and pools |
| Physical memory | 1 GB – 4 GB | 1 GB – 128 GB | 1 GB – 128 GB | 1 GB – 128 GB |
| Processor sockets | 2 | 2 | Unlimited * | Unlimited * |
| Virtual machines running concurrently | 4 | Unlimited * | Unlimited * | Unlimited * |
| Memory maximum per virtual machine | 4 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB |
* No limit imposed by license — consult product documentation for tested limits of current release.
Tags: Citrix XenServer, comparison, version, Xenserver 5.0
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Citrix XenApp Comparitive Matrix (XenApp 5.0)
Posted on August 26th, 2008
Citrix have announced the forthcoming release of XenApp 5.0 and have published an Comparitive Matrix with a comparison of versions:
- XenApp 5.0 (Windows 2008)
- XenApp 5.0 (Windows 2003)
- Presentation Server 4.5
- Presentation Server 4.0
It also lists the differences in the versions:
- Platinum (P)
- Enterprise (E)
- Advanced (A)
- Standard (S) (PS4.0 only)
The comparison matrix can be found here.
Tags: comparison, matrix, XenApp 5.0
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Comparison of 32-bit and 64-bit memory architecture for 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Posted on August 11th, 2008
Comparison of 32-bit and 64-bit memory architecture for 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
In the following table, the increased maximum resources of computers that are based on 64-bit versions of Windows and the 64-bit Intel processor are compared with existing 32-bit resource maximums.
| Architectural component | 64-bit Windows | 32-bit Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual memory | 16 terabytes | 4 GB |
| Paging file size | 256 terabytes | 16 terabytes |
| Hyperspace | 8 GB | 4 MB |
| Paged pool | 128 GB | 470 MB |
| Non-paged pool | 128 GB | 256 MB |
| System cache | 1 terabyte | 1 GB |
| System PTEs | 128 GB | 660 MB |
Full article posted here: Q294418
Tags: 32 bit, 64 bit, compare, comparison, limit, memory, page file, system cache, virtual memory, Windows 2003, x64
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Windows memory allocation comparison (PAE) – All versions
Posted on August 7th, 2008
This link compares the versions of Microsoft Windows 2003 with the maximum memory supported in PAE.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx
Tags: compare, comparison, limit, memory, Microsoft, PAE, supported, Windows 2003, Windows 2008
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