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(Initial version, covering 4.0 release notes and half of 4.1) |
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![http://oss.oracle.com/projects/tmem/ TMEM] -- Transcendent Memory |
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!memaccess API<br/><small>enabling integration of 3rd party security solutions into Xen virtualized environments</small> |
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!xentrace<br/><small>performance analysis</small> |
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!qemu based disk backend (''qdisk'') for [[XL]]<br/> |
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![http://libvirt.org libvirt] driver for [[XL]] |
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<span id="Foot1"><sup>[ 1 ]</sup> Compile time limit, can be increased</span><br/> |
<span id="Foot1"><sup>[ 1 ]</sup> Compile time limit, can be increased</span><br/> |
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<span id="Foot3"><sup>[ 3 ]</sup> Initial implementation (tech preview)</span><br/> |
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<span id="Foot4"><sup>[ 4 ]</sup> Prototype</span><br/> |
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<span id="Foot5"><sup>[ 5 ]</sup> Used as a fallback if ''blkback'' and/or ''blktap2'' are not available</span><br/> |
Revision as of 10:38, 25 June 2012
Xen 4.0 | Xen 4.1 | |
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Initial Release | 7 April 2010 | 25 March 2011 |
Host Limits | ||
Physical CPUs | 128 [ 1 ] | >255 |
RAM | 1TB | |
Guest Limits | ||
Virtual CPUs | 128 | |
RAM (PV guest) | 512GB | |
RAM (HVM guest) | 1TB | |
Toolstack | ||
xend / xm | ✓ | ✓ |
XL | Initial implementation | Preview release |
Features | ||
Blktap2 | ✓ | ✓ |
PCI Passthrough | ✓ | ✓ |
TMEM -- Transcendent Memory | ✓ [ 2 ] | ✓ [ 2 ] |
gdbsx debugger to debug ELF guests |
✓ | ✓ |
Memory Sharing | ✓ [ 3 ] | ✓ [ 3 ] |
Online resize of virtual disks | ✓ | ✓ |
Remus Fault Tolerance | ✓ | ✓ |
Physical CPU Hotplug | ✓ | ✓ |
Physical Memory Hotplug | ✓ | ✓ |
Support for PV kernels in bzImage format | ✓ | ✓ |
Credit 2 Scheduler designed for latency-sensitive workloads and very large systems. |
✓ [ 4 ] | |
1GB/2MB super page support | ✓ | |
x86 Advanced Vector eXtension (AVX) | ✓ | |
cpupool advanced partitioning |
✓ | |
memaccess API enabling integration of 3rd party security solutions into Xen virtualized environments |
✓ | |
Deliver events to PVHVM guests using event channels | ✓ | |
HVM PXE Stack | gPXE | iPXE |
xentrace performance analysis |
✓ | |
qemu based disk backend (qdisk) for XL |
✓ [ 5 ] | |
PyGrub | ||
Support for GRUB 2 | ✓ | ✓ |
Support for /boot on ext4 | ✓ | ✓ |
Third Party | ||
libvirt driver for XL | ✓ |
[ 1 ] Compile time limit, can be increased
[ 2 ] Disabled as a default (enable with hypervisor command line option)
[ 3 ] Initial implementation (tech preview)
[ 4 ] Prototype
[ 5 ] Used as a fallback if blkback and/or blktap2 are not available