Xen.org Unveils Ultimate Cloud Development Environment with First Xen Cloud Platform Release
March 03 2011 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Xen.org, the home of the open source Xen hypervisor, today
announced the availability of Xen® Cloud Platform (XCP) 1.0.
Developed as part of the Xen Cloud Project introduced in 2009, XCP
1.0 provides a full-featured solution for small and medium size
enterprises wanting to build private clouds, as well as open source
enthusiasts, universities and researchers wanting to experiment
with cloud computing. It represents a shift in enterprise usability
for Xen.org, which has traditionally released software as source
code only. XCP enables developers to create and “play” with new and
innovative technologies and techniques against a mature, stable and
scalable virtualization stack.
Facts and Highlights:
- XCP is an open source server
virtualization platform in a single, tested installable image that
features the Xen hypervisor, network and storage support, a
management stack and tools, as well as support for a range of guest
operating systems including Windows® and Linux®.
- As a result of the close alignment
between the Xen.org and Openstack communities, XCP 1.0 integrates seamlessly with
the OpenStack Bexar release, providing an end-to-end open source
software stack covering everything from the bare metal to cloud
orchestration software. This integration will significantly help
progress the vision of Xen.org and OpenStack to enable widespread
ubiquity of virtual and cloud computing.
- XCP 1.0 includes a fully featured,
enterprise-class Xen API Management tool stack with features such
as disaster recovery support, security, real-time performance
monitoring, support for multi-host resource pools, and upgrade and
patching capabilities.
- XCP 1.0 provides support for virtual
networking capabilities via Open vSwitch and a range of open source
GUI management tools.
- The Xen community will also be enabled
to test features with XCP 1.0 that could offer future value to
enterprise products such as Citrix XenServer® and Citrix
OpenCloud.
Quotes:
Margaret Lewis, Director of Commercial Software Solutions,
AMD:
“2011 is set to be the year when cloud deployments become even
more widespread, and tools like XCP 1.0 will prove critical in
developing the mature and secure cloud services of tomorrow. AMD is
committed to supporting the open-source Xen Community. The powerful
combination of AMD Opteron™ processors, with high core counts and
outstanding power efficiency, and the Xen Cloud Platform can enable
innovative, end-to-end solutions that deliver the features,
scalability and performance that cloud providers require.”
Andrew Warfield, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer
Science, University of British Columbia:
“XCP gives my students the opportunity to explore interesting
new applications of virtualization – things like high-availability,
next generation storage, and enhanced software development tools –
all against a mature, stable, and scalable virtualization stack.
It's a fantastic resource!”
Stephen Spector, Community Manager, OpenStack:
“We are pleased the Xen.org and OpenStack communities are
working together to advance open source cloud standards. The
OpenStack mission is to build the open standard cloud operating
system with broad technology contributions and industry support,
and support from the Xen.org community progresses that
mission.”
Dan Kakinoki, President and CEO, VA Linux Japan:
“As a Xen.org advisory board member, VA Linux is excited to see
XCP 1.0 and the new functionalities it offers. It provides our
clients an excellent opportunity and we expect it will continue to
be the largest cloud platform. VA Linux continues to deliver
high-quality consulting services for the Xen-based cloud technology
in Japan.”
Related Links
- List of software, commercial solutions
and projects leveraging XCP
- XCP 1.0 downloads and release notes and
downloads
- Blog: XCP 1.0 released By Lars Kurth,
Xen Community Manager
- Blog: When "Open" Met "Open" -
OpenCloud, OpenStack, and Xen Cloud Platform By Roger Klorese,
Senior Director of Product Marketing, Citrix
- Blog: Building the Complete Open Source
Cloud with Xen.org and OpenStack By Stephen Spector,
Community Manager, OpenStack
Follow Us Online
- XCP homepage
- Citrix OpenCloud page
- Citrix XenServer page
- Twitter: @xen_com_mgr, @Citrix,
@CitrixCloud, @XenServerArmy
About Xen.org
Xen.org is the home of the open source Xen hypervisor, a fast,
secure industry standard code base for operating system
virtualization. Founded and led by Ian Pratt, the community
benefits from the contributions of senior engineers from leading
hardware, software, and security vendors. Xen.org is run for the
benefit of the community by the Xen Project Advisory Board, which
is drawn from leading contributors to the project. For more
information, visit www.xen.org.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure
Citrix Systems, Inc. is a contributor to and hosts Xen.org. This
release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant
to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The forward-looking statements in this release, including without
limitation statements made by representatives of contributors to
Xen.org, do not constitute guarantees of future performance.
Investors in contributors to Xen.org are cautioned that statements
in this press release, which are not strictly historical
statements, involve risks that could cause actual results to differ
materially, including risks associated with the impact of the
global economy and uncertainty in the IT spending environment, the
demand for cloud services, the uncertainty inherent in developing
cutting-edge technology, the failure to coordinate and manage
contributions to Xen.org, competition from alternative cloud
infrastructure providers, the voluntary nature of contributions to
Xen.org, the level of resources made available to Xen.org by
contributors to Xen.org as well as other risks detailed in any
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