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XenServer is actually the product name from Citrix. Xen is the open source project that is Open Source. I know its being a stickler for the tiny facts, but whe
by zacgarrett 15y ago
XenServer is actually the product name from Citrix. Xen is the open source project that is Open Source.
I know its being a stickler for the tiny facts, but when you are a XenServer admin find the differences rather quickly.
- eru 15y agoXen is a hypervisor. XenServer is the product name from Citrix which uses Xen underneath. Xen Cloud Platform is actually the name of opensource xenserver. You wouldn't use just Xen as a hypervisor, in most cases. Amazon uses Xen plus their own stuff on top. To make it more complicated, there's also XenClient, which also builds on Xen. It's also mostly open source.