Version 5.5 of the no-cost Citrix XenServer provides improved backup and snapshot capabilities, as well as the ability to integrate with Microsoft Active Directory. However, while the no-cost version will be suitable for modest-size organizations, data centers that must ensure high performance will need to move up to the Essentials, which costs from $2,700 to more than $5,000 per server.
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Citrix’s no-cost XenServer 5.5 compares well with VMware’s ESXi. Upgrading to the Essentials or Platinum editions puts XenServer 5.5 in VMware vSphere 4 territory.
– Citrixs no-cost XenServer 5.5 stacks up well compared with VMware’s freely
available ESXi; adding the $2,750-per-server Enterprise edition or the $5,500
Platinum edition bumps XenServer 5.5 into vSphere 4 territory.
The Essentials pack provides high availability, dynamic workload management
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