VIRTUMANIA Episode 13: Analyzing Citrix Cloud Synergy
May 27th, 2010 | 
Author: In the “lucky” thirteenth episode of VIRTUMANIA Rick, Marc, and I engage very special guest Chris Wolf in a interesting discussion about Citrix XenServer and the recent cloud announcements from the Synergy 2010 Conference. The following is the podcast summary:
VIRTUMANIA Podcast Episode 13 – Analyzing Citrix Cloud Synergy. Rich Brambley (@rbrambley) of VMETC and Marc Farley (@3parfarley) of 3Par and StorageRap.com with guests and Rick Vanover (@rickvanover) of RickVanover.com and Gartner Virtualization Analyst Chris Wolf (@cswolf) of chriswolf.com and blogs.gartner.com/chris-wolf. Citrix Synergy 2010 wasn’t just about the the virtual desktop, and Chris Wolf joins us to discuss the server virtualization content of the recent conference in San Francisco. Citrix is definitely making strides with XenServer and their Cloud offerings, but amid all of the exciting announcements there were arguably some conference disappointments as well. We get Chris to analyze the good, the bad, and the ugly! Thanks to Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen) of Chi Corporation for this Infosmack Production.
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The following links offer more information on some of the topics mentioned in VIRTUMANIA Episode 13:
Wolf’s Coverage of Synergy
Citrix Synergy 2010: Cloud and Server Virtualization News and Thoughts
Citrix announced the release of XenServer 5.6, which includes several significant feature improvements:
- Hypervisor-level role-based access controls (RBACs)
- Dynamic memory support
- Dynamic workload balancing
- Automated site recovery (i.e., disaster recovery failover)
- A self-service portal
XenServer 5.5 was the second hypervisor Burton Group certified as enterprise-ready by satisfying 100% of our requisite server virtualization hypervisor evaluation criteria. VMware VI 3.5 and higher is the other hypervisor we consider enterprise-ready. So with XenServer 5.6, Citrix has expanded a solid core offering to add management, mobility, and automation features customers are demanding. XenServer does not have feature parity with VMware vSphere in terms of virtual networking and security appliance integration, but Citrix is getting closer. Citrix’s work on the Open vSwitch project, for example, demonstrates their direction in the virtual networking space.
Citrix Unveils Next XenServer Release as New Reports Show Rapid Server Virtualization Market Share Growth
Citrix XenServer 5.6 Adds Powerful New Features to Free and Paid Editions, and Introduces a New Attractively Priced Advanced Edition
http://citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=2300693
Customer reaction to this move was overwhelmingly positive, with XenServer activated for production use in more than 45,000 enterprise datacenters worldwide to date, including 45 percent of the Fortune 500. Based on analyst estimates and current download and activation numbers, Citrix expects XenServer market share – which more than doubled in 2009 – will increase to 18 percent by the end of 2010. In addition to this growing traction in datacenter and cloud deployments, XenServer has also been selected as the back-end virtual infrastructure for approximately 40 percent of all Citrix XenDesktop VDI implementations.
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