I recently had the opportunity to chat with Michael Shuster and Todd Hsu from Ferroque Systems about their experience with migrating customers from VMware to XenServer. Ferroque Systems has been a longstanding Citrix partner since 2010, with XenServer consulting experience dating back to around the same time. They estimate that they have deployed XenServer for 50+ … [Read more...] about XenServer Consulting Partner Spotlight: Ferroque Systems
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Optimizing Citrix PVS with XenServer PVS Accelerator
When talking to customers of bigger Citrix on-prem deployments, the most liked feature that they mention is that 'it just works'. As a good second, the XenServer PVS Accelerator is mentioned without exceptions. This is understandable, as starting or making changes to a large number of VMs will bring most networks to it's limits. This is why features like PVS Accelerator are so … [Read more...] about Optimizing Citrix PVS with XenServer PVS Accelerator
Why is XenServer best for Citrix?
With the launch of XenServer 8 behind us, it is a good time to take a step back and look at what we are trying to achieve with our great hypervisor. The number one question I get in customer and partner calls is ‘Can you provide more color on what you mean by XenServer is the only hypervisor optimized for Citrix workloads’ (Well to be honest, the most asked question … [Read more...] about Why is XenServer best for Citrix?
XenServer 8 is live!
Bring on the fireworks, turn on the grill and get the drinks out! With the latest updates XenServer 8 has now moved out from Public Preview to full Production Support! Before I dive into the goodies contained in this release, there is a very important change with XenServer 8 that I want to highlight. XenServer 8 does not accept any Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop or Citrix … [Read more...] about XenServer 8 is live!
Introduction to XenServer product documentation
The XenServer team provides many different types of information to guide you while working with our product. This blog post highlights some of these types of information and maybe introduce you to some helpful resources you hadn't yet spotted. Are you a customer? The vast majority of our product documentation is designed with you in mind. We want to make using XenServer … [Read more...] about Introduction to XenServer product documentation