Xen Overview Q22009 En
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The document discusses Xen, an open source hypervisor project. It provides a quote from Werner Vogels of Amazon praising Xen for its ease of use and active developer community. It then gives a brief history of Xen and overview of its current mission and governance through an advisory board and community of partners.
![The World’s Largest Production User of Virtualization
®
"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
Werner Vogels machine has to deal with. Things such as: I/O-
CTO, issues, guaranteed scheduling issues, domain
Amazon.com zero security concerns,…
The community out there is very helpful. That
was a very big reason for us in selecting Xen."
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- 1. ® Open Source Hypervisor Xen.org 04/09/09 1
- 2. The World’s Largest Production User of Virtualization ® "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 Werner Vogels machine has to deal with. Things such as: I/O- CTO, issues, guaranteed scheduling issues, domain Amazon.com zero security concerns,… The community out there is very helpful. That was a very big reason for us in selecting Xen." 04/09/09 2
- 3. Community History ® • 2002 Xen hypervisor development starts • 2004 Xen 1.0 and 2.0 released, First Xen developer’s summit • 2005 XenSource founded, Xen 3.0 released • 2006 CPU enhancements for virtualization; Linux distros ship Xen All x86 OSes “enlightened”, VMware and Microsoft adopt paravirtualization First XenEnterprise release Amazon EC2 Launches • 2007 XenSource acquired by Citrix Systems, Inc. • 2008 Xen embedded in Flash on HP/Dell servers First embedded Xen on laptops • 2009 “Under Construction” 04/09/09 3
- 4. Xen Hypervisor ® First and best support for hardware assisted Xen Hypervisor virtualization Intel VT & AMD-V Technologies 04/09/09 4
- 5. Xen Hypervisor ® High Performance Tiny, embeddable, secure 64 bit Architecture component of every device Xen Hypervisor Secure design vetted Open reference standard Xen Hypervisor NSA, & DoD, w/ granular resource hypervisor control 04/09/09 5
- 6. Xen Project Mission ® • Build the industry standard open source hypervisor – Core "engine" that is incorporated into multiple vendors’ products • Maintain Xen’s industry-leading performance – Be first to exploit new hardware acceleration features – Help OS vendors paravirtualize their OSes • Maintain Xen’s reputation for stability and quality – Security must now be paramount • Support multiple CPU types; big and small systems – From server to client to mobile phone • Foster innovation • Drive interoperability 04/09/09 6
- 7. Xen Project Advisory Board ® • Represents major contributors and vendors that offer Xen based products. Current members: • Defines and approves the Xen® Trademark Policy (“What is Xen?”) • Oversees community code practices and roadmap 04/09/09 7
- 8. Xen Community of Partners ® 04/09/09 8
- 9. Xen Community: Information Sources ® • Xen.org Site – Source Code www.xen.org/download – Blog blog.xen.org – Mailing Lists lists.xensource.com – Projects www.xen.org/community/projects.html – Wiki wiki.xensource.com – Weekly Community Update wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWeekly – Case Studies wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen_Case_Studies • Other Sites – Solution Search Tool xen.cyberneticos.com – Social Networking Facebook, XING, LinkedIn, Ohloh, Plaxo, Twitter – Marketing Community (Xen Champions) xenchampions.ning.com 04/09/09 9
- 10. ® For More Information Please Contact Community Manager stephen.spector@xen.org About Xen.org. Xen.org is the home of the open source Xen® hypervisor, a fast, secure industry standard code base for operating system virtualization. Founded and led by Ian Pratt the community benefits from the hundreds of contributors from leading IT infrastructure and security vendors. Development of the community is guided by the Xen Advisory Board, which is drawn from key contributors to the project. Find out more at www.xen.org.
- 11. ® Open Source Hypervisor Xen.org 04/09/09 04/09/09 1 1
- 12. The World’s Largest Production User of Virtualization ® "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 Werner Vogels machine has to deal with. Things such as: I/O- CTO, issues, guaranteed scheduling issues, domain Amazon.com zero security concerns,… The community out there is very helpful. That was a very big reason for us in selecting Xen." 04/09/09 2
- 13. Community History ® • 2002 Xen hypervisor development starts • 2004 Xen 1.0 and 2.0 released, First Xen developer’s summit • 2005 XenSource founded, Xen 3.0 released • 2006 CPU enhancements for virtualization; Linux distros ship Xen All x86 OSes “enlightened”, VMware and Microsoft adopt paravirtualization First XenEnterprise release Amazon EC2 Launches • 2007 XenSource acquired by Citrix Systems, Inc. • 2008 Xen embedded in Flash on HP/Dell servers First embedded Xen on laptops • 2009 “Under Construction” 04/09/09 3
- 14. Xen Hypervisor ® First and best support for hardware assisted Xen Hypervisor virtualization Intel VT & AMD-V Technologies 04/09/09 4
- 15. Xen Hypervisor ® High Performance Tiny, embeddable, secure 64 bit Architecture component of every device Xen Hypervisor Secure design vetted by Open reference standard Xen Hypervisor NSA, & DoD, w/ granular resource hypervisor control 04/09/09 5
- 16. Xen Project Mission ® • Build the industry standard open source hypervisor – Core "engine" that is incorporated into multiple vendors’ products • Maintain Xen’s industry-leading performance – Be first to exploit new hardware acceleration features – Help OS vendors paravirtualize their OSes • Maintain Xen’s reputation for stability and quality – Security must now be paramount • Support multiple CPU types; big and small systems – From server to client to mobile phone • Foster innovation • Drive interoperability 04/09/09 6
- 17. Xen Project Advisory Board ® • Represents major contributors and vendors that offer Xen based products. Current members: • Defines and approves the Xen® Trademark Policy (“What is Xen?”) • Oversees community code practices and roadmap 04/09/09 7
- 18. Xen Community of Partners ® 04/09/09 8
- 19. Xen Community: Information Sources ® • Xen.org Site – Source Code www.xen.org/download – Blog blog.xen.org – Mailing Lists lists.xensource.com – Projects www.xen.org/community/projects.html – Wiki wiki.xensource.com – Weekly Community Update wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWeekly – Case Studies wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen_Case_Studies • Other Sites – Solution Search Tool xen.cyberneticos.com – Social Networking Facebook, XING, LinkedIn, Ohloh, Plaxo, Twitter – Marketing Community (Xen Champions) xenchampions.ning.com 04/09/09 9
- 20. ® For More Information Please Contact Community Manager stephen.spector@xen.org About Xen.org. Xen.org is the home of the open source Xen® hypervisor, a fast, secure industry standard code base for operating system virtualization. Founded and led by Ian Pratt the community benefits from the hundreds of contributors from leading IT infrastructure and security vendors. Development of the community is guided by the Xen Advisory Board, which is drawn from key contributors to the project. Find 04/09/09 at www.xen.org. out more 10