7. vRAM Licensing
vSphere 5
VM Memory Usage Up
vSphere Licenses Up
For details, see this 12 page document:
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf
http://www.centralcloud.info/?p=505
14. Active-Backup Bonding Support
• Added to XenServer
5.6 FP1 for Linux
Bridge
• CLI only in 5.6 FP1
• Added support for
Active-Backup for
Open vSwitch
• Configurable through
XenCenter
26. Performance & Scale Improvements
• Increased Virtual Machine limits*
• 16 vCPU per VM
• 128Gb Memory per VM
• Increased XenServer host limits
• 1TB Physical RAM support
• Increased Dom0 aggregate network
throughput
• Especially benefits aggregate host throughput
performance when using 10GbE
• XenCenter now parallelizes XenAPI
operations
• Various LVM scalability improvements
• Increased SRs/LUNs scale
27. Only Available in XenServer!
• Intellicache Technology
• GPU Pass-through
• Provisioning Services
• Free with XenDesktop
28. XenServer 6 versions
Integrated Disaster Recovery New
Provisioning Server (P+V)
Monitoring Pack for SCOM New Monitoring Pack for SCOM New
Web-Based Management (Full) Web-Based Management (Full)
Integrated StorageLink New Integrated StorageLink New
Intellicache Disk Optimisation Intellicache Disk Optimisation
Live Memory Snapshot Live Memory Snapshot
Dynamic WLB / Power Mgmt Dynamic WLB / Power Mgmt
Roles-Based Administration Roles-Based Administration
Provisioning Server (Virtual) Provisioning Server (Virtual)
GPU Pass-Through GPU Pass-Through
High Availability High Availability High Availability
Virtual Switch Controller Virtual Switch Controller Virtual Switch Controller
Automated Backup (VMPR) New Automated Backup (VMPR) New Automated Backup (VMPR) New
Dynamic Memory Control Dynamic Memory Control Dynamic Memory Control
Mixed CPU Pools Mixed CPU Pools Mixed CPU Pools
Historical Trending Historical Trending Historical Trending
Linux and Windows Workloads Linux and Windows Workloads Linux and Windows Workloads Linux and Windows Workloads
Multi-server Management Multi-server Management Multi-server Management Multi-server Management
Web-Based Management (25 VMs) Web-Based Management (25 VMs) Web-Based Management (25 VMs) Web-Based Management (25 VMs)
Management via SCVMM New Management via SCVMM New Management via SCVMM New Management via SCVMM New
Shared Storage Shared Storage Shared Storage Shared Storage
Live Migration Live Migration Live Migration Live Migration
Open Virtual Switch Open Virtual Switch Open Virtual Switch Open Virtual Switch
Disk Snapshot Disk Snapshot Disk Snapshot Disk Snapshot
AD Integration AD Integration AD Integration AD Integration
P2V & V2V Conversion Tools P2V & V2V Conversion Tools P2V & V2V Conversion Tools P2V & V2V Conversion Tools
Free Advanced - $Licensing Enterprise - $Licensing Platinum - $Licensing