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See some [[http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Video:_Introduction_to_Virtualization_Xen,_XCP,_and_the_Cloud|videos on the subject]]
See some [[Video:_Introduction_to_Virtualization_Xen,_XCP,_and_the_Cloud|videos on the subject]]


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Revision as of 16:34, 6 February 2014

This table gives a high level overview of the different high-level features of Xen, XCP and XCP-XAPI packages in Linux (Debian & Ubuntu) (also see Project Zeus (for Fedora)).

Description Xen XCP XCP-XAPI packages in Linux
Hypervisor latest lagging as in latest Linux distro
Dom0 OS See Dom0_Kernels_for_Xen CentOS (5.7 in XCP 1.6) See Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora
Dom0 32 and 64 bits 32 bits 32 and 64 bits
Linux 3 PVOPS Dom0 Yes No Yes
Toolstack XM (deprecated), XL, libvirt XAPI with XE Same as XCP
Features Xen Feature List Xen Feature List and XCP Feature List Xen Feature List and XCP Feature List
Storage, Network, Drivers Build and get yourself Integrated with Open vSwitch, multiple storage types & drivers Get them yourself (only core components are provided)
Configurations Everything Constrained by XAPI Same as XCP
Usage Model Do it yourself Shrink wrapped and tested Do it yourself
Distribution Source code or via host Linux or Unix distributions Delivered as ISO on xen.org Via host Linux or Unix distributions

See some videos on the subject