{"id":728,"date":"2011-09-28T00:38:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T05:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2011-09-28T15:13:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T20:13:17","slug":"citrix-drops-dependencies-on-windows-to-boost-xenserver-with-v6-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Citrix drops dependencies on Windows to boost XenServer with v6.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSite Recovery in previous versions was dependent on the StorageLink Gateway component which was a Windows-based separate installation,\u201d Citrix says. \u201cWith XenServer 6.0 the StorageLink functionality is delivered as a native part of XenCenter and the Site Recovery functionality is done natively as well.”<\/p>\n

This also allows Citrix to support replication on a greater number of storage devices.Similarly, a Windows VM requirement was removed for access to storage features like data replication, de-duplication, snapshots and cloning, while a new workload balancing tool uses a Linux-based virtual appliance \u201cwith a smaller footprint [that] replaces the Windows-based virtual appliance and eliminates the Windows licensing dependency,\u201d Citrix said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Citrix drops dependencies on Windows to boost XenServer with v6.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s an interesting comment on this article:<\/p>\n

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agrocrag<\/a> | a day ago<\/abbr> | permalink<\/a><\/div>\n
I don’t know what all the stuff in this article means, but I have to use a thin client at work that is connected to a Citrix-based server, and it is bar none the worst computing experience I have ever had.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
And another:<\/div>\n
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dal20402<\/a> | about 17 hours ago<\/abbr> | permalink<\/a><\/div>\n
It’s really OT for this article, but as a user subjected to XenApp, I can confirm that the user experience is horrendous. It’s pretty stable and reliable in our office, but, even running on quite good hardware with few users connected, it’s absolutely dog-slow, and feels like using a computer while suspended in a jar of molasses.If I’m doing any significant amount of work on the weekends, I’ll go into the office rather than trying to use our XenApp system from home. I save more time by not waiting for the system than I use making the commute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Another interesting tidbit further down in the comments…<\/p>\n

Fast forward ten years and now thin client desktops cost more than quad core workstations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is this true?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSite Recovery in previous versions was dependent on the StorageLink Gateway component which was a Windows-based separate installation,\u201d Citrix says. \u201cWith XenServer 6.0 the StorageLink functionality is delivered as a native part of XenCenter and the Site Recovery functionality is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[88,90],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtualization-2","tag-citrix","tag-xenserver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}