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Citrix XenServer 4.1 Public Beta!

Just got this e-mail from my Citrix mailer, what are the cooler features of this public beta?

Citrix is pleased to introduce the public beta release of Citrix XenServer 4.1.

Citrix XenServer 4.1 is a service pack that enhances the previous v4 release. New capabilities and improvements include:

  • Scalability and Performance
    • Increased number of simultaneous running VMs
    • Enhanced nested page table (NPT) support for modern AMD processors
    • VLAN support in Standard Edition
    • Improved Citrix Presentation Server performance and maximum number of user sessions
  • Reliability and Manageability
    • Host NIC bonding for fail-over (configured via CLI)
    • Centralized logging
    • Configuration of network management interfaces via the CLI
    • Update/patch management integrated in XenCenter
    • Java bindings for XenAPI in SDK
  • Storage
    • Initial shared fibre channel storage support (via CLI only)
    • Enhanced support for NetApp filers, including snapshot and cloning
    • Windows guest Hot disk remove
    • ISCSI improvements
    • Support for hot-plugging USB storage as a storage repository
  • Host System
    • Rolling pool upgrade support
    • NIC driver updates (e1000, BNX2, TG3)
    • Support several 10Gb network adapters (Mellanox/Chelsio)
    • Improved hardware support
  • Guest Support
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit and CentOS 5 32-bit install from physical CD
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x64 and CentOS 5 x64 guest support
    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 x86 and x64 guest support
    • Windows Vista x86 guest support
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  1. UnknownTue Feb 05, 11:52:00 PM GMT+1

    How does the USB storage repository work? What's the purpose? Can I just plug in my Drobo and use it as storage, or does it have a specific function assigned to the USB storage?

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