Citrix have made available to beta testers the next release of their free hypervisor, the project is called Project George and it is expected the final release will be XenServer 5.1 and has some interesting features:
- AD Integration - Who can access the XenServer Console and what can they do
- Workload Balancing - Similar to VMware DRS, to XenMotion the workloads to alternative hosts based upon a star rating
- LVHD - Fast cloning and snapshots and now supported across all SR types
- StorageLink Integration - CLI only support for a new StorageLink Gateway SR adding support for HP MSA, HP EVA, EMC Clariion and NetApp arrays
- Expanded guest O/S support.