Welcome to Xen.org
Home of the open source Xen hypervisor
Stephen Spector
Community Manager, Xen.org

"I think Xen is a great product. It is easy to use.
But most important is the very active
community around it.
I would not say many 'issues' around using
Xen, but 'challenges' are addressed there [in
the community] with the things every virtual
machine has to deal with. Things such as: I/O-
Werner Vogels issues, guaranteed scheduling issues, domain
CTO, zero security concerns,…
Amazon.com
The community out there is very helpful. That
was a very big reason for us in selecting Xen."
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Presentation Overview
History of Xen.org Community & Xen Hypervisor
Why Xen?
Xen Project & Solution Family
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XenoServers – Cambridge University 1999
Client
XenoServer
• Incremental rollout • Global services and apps
• Flexible platform • Exploit network topology
• Unified management • Open commercial
platform
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Xen Hypervisor
Controlling the XenoServer Open Platform (Nov 02)
Paper Home- Cambridge University
Xen.org Blog – History of Xen
● Part 1
● Part 2
● Part 3
● Part 4
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History of Xen.org
1999 2002 2004
XenoServer Xen Hypervisor Xen 1.0 Xen 2.0
Xen Summit
Concept Development Released Released
2005 2006 2007 2008
Xen Flash
Red Hat, Novell, Xen 3.0 MSFT & VMware Citrix acquires
HP/Dell Servers
Sun adopt Xen Released Adopt PV XenSource
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Xen.org Project Mission Statement
Build industry standard OSS Hypervisor
Core engine in various solutions
Maintain industry leading performance
Exploit new hardware features
Maintain stability and quality
Security is paramount
Support multiple CPU types
Server to client to mobile phones
Foster innovation
Drive interoperability
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Xen.org Community
More 250
Contributors Research
Advisory
Xen.org
User Community
Board
Vendors optimize
Xen for products
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Xen.org and ISV/IHV Community
APPLICATION APPLIANCE HA / DISASTER RECOVERY SAN HARDWARE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION MIGRATION
NETWORK HARDWARE
BACKUP
VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT
DATABASE
SECURITY
VIRTUAL APPLIANCES
P2V CONVERSIONS
GRID COMPUTING
SERVICE LEVEL AUTOMATION
PROVISIONING VIRTUAL LAB MANAGEMENT
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM HARDWARE
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Why Xen?
Bleading Edge
Client-Server-Mobile
Performance Security
In Cloud
Community
Open Source
Enterprise Proven
Scalabilty
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Xen.org Projects - Solutions
Hypervisor
Cloud Xen HXEN XCI
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Xen Hypervisor
Clients
Embedded Virtualization
Software
Cloud Providers
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Cloud Xen
Cloud Solution Providers
Open Source
Open Standards (DMTF) / API
Management / Storage / Security
Cloud Xen Solution
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XCI
Enable Xen Hypervisor for ANY Device
Security Manageability Supportability
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XCI Demo
Ian Pratt of Xen.org with Mark Templeton President and CEO of Citrix
● XCI Demo on Mac OSX Laptop
● Two VMs – Mac OSX and Windows XP
● Import Windows XP Applications into Mac OS X Interace
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#video/611
XCI Demo
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HXEN
Port Xen Hypervisor to a Type 2 Hypervisor
Virtual
Machines
(Video, Net, Keyboard, Mouse, Disk)
Ioemu.exe
Application
Operating
System HXEN.sys Kernel Module
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Xen.org Community
Find Xen
Solution Linux.com
External
www.xen.org
Communities
Mailing Lists: User
lists.xensource.com Groups
Xen Store
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Xen.org Contacts
Community Manger – Stephen Spector
stephen.spector@xen.org
Legal Questions – Trademark Policy
legal@xen.org
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