Re: [Nolug] Xenserver Infrastructure is free

From: Jeremy (mailing list box) <listbox_at_unix-boy.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:32:49 -0600
Message-ID: <49A564A1.5000805@unix-boy.com>

You aren't comparing comparable products. Xenserver != ESXi.
Xenserver = ESX Infrastructure, VMware's enterprise product. That's
why the advantage goes to Citrix on price alone.

J

Chris Jones wrote:
> Well it's the same price as ESXi, but the one thing I saw, is it also
> includes central management and Live Motion (which I guess is the same
> as vmotion) in the free product, which is AWESOME!!! I definitely want
> to try this out.
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Jeremy (mailing list box)
> <listbox@unix-boy.com <mailto:listbox@unix-boy.com>> wrote:
>
> Haven't used it yet, but I plan on trying it in the next week or so.
> I have no complaints about VMWare, so the price is the only
> compelling thing in Xenserver's favor from my perspective.
>
> J
>
> Chris Jones wrote:
>
> Ooh nice... I didn't even realize that Citrix had a product
> built on Xen. Have you used it? How's it compare to ESXi?
> (your actual experience, not in their whitepaper) :)
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Jeremy Sliwinski (mailing list
> account) <listbox@unix-boy.com <mailto:listbox@unix-boy.com>
> <mailto:listbox@unix-boy.com <mailto:listbox@unix-boy.com>>> wrote:
>
> Don't know if anyone saw this yet, but Citrix has released
> Xenserver
> for free.
>
>
> https://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/simoncr/2009/02/23/Free,+as+in+Virtual+Infrastructure
>
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