Processing .....please wait.. 
The article has been forwarded.... 
Citrix unveils new XenServer pricing model
By siliconindia
|
Friday, 04 April 2008, 02:29 IST
New Delhi: Citrix Systems, a global player in application delivery infrastructure, has announced the general availability of Citrix XenServer 4.1, with a new pricing model that allows customers to deploy an unlimited number of virtual machines per server at a single low price. The new simplified pricing applies to the Standard, Enterprise and Platinum editions of XenServer.
"Server virtualization technology is tracking to be equally as ubiquitous as the system BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), with embedded hypervisors being an assumed server component in coming years," said Chris Wolf, senior analyst, Burton Group.
Most server virtualization solutions on the market charge incremental license fees based on the number of CPU sockets on each server. They significantly increase the overall cost of virtualization and add complexity for customers who must constantly track the number of deployed CPU sockets across their entire datacenter to ensure licensing compliance. The new 4.1 release of XenServer, Citrix has removed this roadblock by offering a simple per-server licensing model across the entire XenServer product line. As a result, customers can now deploy an unlimited number of virtual machines or guest operating systems on each physical server for a single low price, regardless of whether it has one, two or four CPU sockets.
