XenServer vs VMware Infrastructure

Question

Does anyone have experience of comparing Xen Server 5 and VMWare Infrastructure 3. I\'m planning a virtualization project and looking at the Enterprise edition of both. They bot

Answer 1

We run XenApp(170VM) enviroment for 3500 users on Xen Server(23HW machines) hypervizor about 3 years.

When you try to compare price, how does it look on WMware - no choice- Citrix price is much bether.

Manipulating XS is very easy, performance is for Win 2003 XenAps good, for Win 2008 great. Ve run too some (12) no-XenApp Win2003 and Win2008 servers and there are no performance problems.

Xen Server ADVANTAGE for us:

• PowerShell commands suport - easy administration and migration.
• compatibility with XenDesktop images
• XenApp optimalisation - it alows more users on xen ap server...

• easy implemantation of other citrix technologies like:

  • provisioning (boobting multiple machines from one Image/vDisk)
  • xenEdge performance and session monitoring

  • Workflow studio - planing and automatization your infrastructure.

         - most of them are FREE!
    

Xen Server DISADVANTAGE for us:

WMware has maybe bether performance on single windows machines, but not for XenApp servers... So if you looking for not easy-cloud infrastructure without XenApp or XenDesktop, WMware is bether for you.

Best Regards On.