Compare XenServer Editions

 XenServer Editions

Citrix XenServer is available in three editions:

 Express Edition — a free starter edition, for bringing virtualization to every server

 Standard Edition — a feature-rich server virtualization solution with multi-server management for business-critical workloads

 Enterprise Edition — a powerful virtualization platform supporting flexible, aggregated pools of computing and storage resources with dynamic workload management

 

Feature Express Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Platinum Edition
Native 64-bit Xen hypervisor

Windows and Linux guests

XenAPI management and control scripting interface

XenCenter unified virtualization management console

Multi-server management

 

Subscription Advantage—first year included

 

Resource pools  

 

XenMotion live migration  

 

Shared IP-based storage    

VLAN confirmation    

Resource QoS controls    

Dynamic provisioning of virtual and physical servers      

Administrative model Single server Multiple servers Multiple servers and pools Multiple servers and pools
Physical memory 1 GB - 4 GB 1 GB - 128 GB 1 GB - 128 GB 1 GB - 128 GB
CPU sockets 2 2 Unlimited* Unlimited*
Guests active simultaneously 4 Unlimited* Unlimited* Unlimited*
RAM per virtual machine 4 GB 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB