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XenApp Expert Series - Informational, News, Interviews (2009) The show where we interview the experts to get you the latest research and technology news on XenApp application virtualization. Host Vinny Sosa (@vinnysosa) interviews Citrix Architect Juliano Maldaner (@jmaldaner) on the Power and capacity management features coming in XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2. How it works, why is it important and general technical musings are prevalent in this information packed episode. Episode 5, Season 1. |
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XenApp Expert Series - Informational, News, Interviews (2009) The show where we interview the experts to get you the latest research and technology news on XenApp application virtualization. Host Vinny Sosa (@vinnysosa) interviews Citrix Architect Juliano Maldaner (@jmaldaner) on the Power and capacity management features coming in XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2. How it works, why is it important and general technical musings are prevalent in this information packed episode. Episode 5, Season 1. View this Episode and Subscribe to the XenApp Expert Series Follow XenApp on |
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Last month we released the Power and capacity management tech preview for XenApp. If you're using server-side application virtualization and delivery with XenApp, then you'll want to check it out. We've put out a couple of blog posts (1 | 2), a demo, and a couple of videos on it including a XenApp Expert Series video and audio episode with Sridhar Mullapudi (Product Manager). We also have a new episode coming up in July with Juliano Maldaner (the Architect). What's more, both of these rock stars are getting together to do a TechTalk on this same topic.
The TechTalk is going to cover the features, functions and components of Power and capacity management and the guys will also talk about how to deploy it for virtual server infrastructures or physical machines using Wake on LAN. They'll even provide some tips on using this technology to help with migrations.
The great thing about this vs. the other content we've created already is that there's a Q&A at the end so if you're interested in the technology, now's the time to ask your questions.
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XenApp Expert Series - Informational, News, Interviews (2009) The show where we interview the experts to get you the latest news on XenApp application virtualization. Host Vinny Sosa (@vinnysosa) interviews XenApp Product Manager Sridhar Mullapudi (@sridharcitrix) on the new technology preview for Power and Capacity Management and why the technology is such a boone for customers. Episode 1, Season 1.
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We are pleased to announce the availability of the XenApp Beta and Technology Preview center on Citrix.com. It's a simple area that you can visit regularly to access the latest Beta and Technology Preview software available for Citrix XenApp.
Accessing the software may require a MyCitrix login. Each technology preview may have different guidelines, support mechanisms, and documentation so be sure to visit each linked page for more information. Please let us know if this page is useful and how we can improve it.
Hear about XenApp Technology Preview Announcements via the following resources:
- XenApp product home page- http://citrix.com/xenapp
- XenApp Tech Preview center- http://citrix.com/xenapp/techpreviews
- XenApp in Twitter-
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What if, you can dynamically scale up or scale down your XenApp servers based on user load? What if, you could avoid over-provisioning your XenApp servers but also meet the occasional peak capacity demand? What if, you can consolidate XenApp user sessions on fewer servers to reduce power consumption and simplify server maintenance? These are the type of questions we heard from our customers and partners that led to the creation of XenApp Power and Capacity Management feature. The Technology Preview is available now and you can evaluate it on Presentation Server 4.5 and XenApp 5 releases.
So, how does it work? XenApp administrators can define server workloads/silos, specify the capacity requirements for each workload and sit back to watch the system automatically consolidate sessions across fewer servers, power up servers as needed and power down idle capacity. Or, admins can just turn the light off when no one is home e.g. create a simple schedule to power on servers at 8 am in the morning and power them down at 7 pm in the evening. Try it out and let us know.
Watch my Citrix TV video showcasing this technology at Synergy 2009. We think this technology will play a key role in our vision towards autonomic farm management and would like to hear more from you. Check out the Tech Preview and give us your comments/feedback. You can use the support forum for any technical issues with this release.
NOTE: For this Tech Preview release, we are supporting Wake-on-LAN power control for physical servers and using the XenServer API power commands for XenServer virtual workloads. We do support Microsoft Hyper-V and VMWare ESX for load consolidation but this Tech Preview release does not support power management for these virtualization platforms.