If you are interested in getting a sneak peak at what XenSource is going to be offering in its next major release, XenEnterprise 4.0, look no further. XenSource has opened up registration to allow people to Beta test the 4.0 version of its server virtualization platform. The company is asking for assistance in bringing this new version to market with as high a quality as possible. And by Beta testing, you can ma If you are interested in getting a sneak peak at what XenSource is going to be offering in its next major release, XenEnterprise 4.0, look no further. XenSource has opened up registration to allow people to Beta test the 4.0 version of its server virtualization platform. The company is asking for assistance in bringing this new version to market with as high a quality as possible. And by Beta testing, you can make that happen. The company lists the highlights of the release as: Greatly increased scalability and 64-bit guest support for real-world applications Pooled server and storage resources with XenMotion live relocation, enabling dynamic resource management Open management integration via the new XenAPI for investment protection for software, skills and processes The new XenCenter virtualization management console, delivering more powerful and unified configuration and administration XenEnterprise 4.0 New Features Include: XenEnterprise Resource Pools – up to 16 servers plus shared NFS and iSCSI SAN storage Shared authentication, authorization, resource and configuration management Storage Flexibility Shared and private storage, volume and file-based (VHD), over multiple (DAS, SAN, NAS) connections Thin provisioning, copy-on-write, snapshot for file-based VMs XenMotion Live Relocation – move running guest VM within resource pool with virtually no service interruption Increased Scalability Memory: 128GB/host, 32GB/guest CPUs: 1-32 physical, 1-8 virtual Networking: 1-8 physical NICs, 1-7 virtual NICs Storage: 1-128 Storage Repositories, 16TB/SR 64-bit Hypervisor – 64- and 32-bit Guests 64-bit Windows Server 2003 and Windows SBS 2003 Enhanced Resource QoS Control Hotplug for virtual disk and NICs Secure, remoteable XenAPI upward-compatible from OSS Xen – XML-RPC and language bindings Enhanced ‘xe’ CLI for fine-grained system control XenCenter – new Windows graphical administration console Guided wizards Configuration of multiple XenServer hosts and multiple resource pools VM lifecycle management Storage configuration and management Guest templates You can sign up for Beta registration, here.XenSource has also created a 4.0 Beta forum site for people to discuss the product and provide input. You can visit it by going here. Software Development