Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between XenServer and the open source Xen Project™ Hypervisor?
The Xen Project™ hypervisor is used by XenServer. Xen technology is widely acknowledged as the #1 open source virtualization platform in the industry. In addition to the open source Xen Project™ hypervisor, Citrix XenServer includes:
- Control domain (Dom0)
- XenCenter – A Windows client for VM management
- VM Templates for installing popular operating systems as VMs
- Storage Manager – built-in support for a wide-range of storage types, both file and block based
- Tapdisk3 – an advanced, high-performance storage datapath
- Support for Software Defined Networking (SDN) through the Open Virtual Switch
- Graphics Virtualization - where one physical GPU can be concurrently used by multiple VMs
- Resource pools for simplified management of hosts, storage, and networking
- Enterprise-level support
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