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> From:
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>
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Scott
> Sent: 18 January 2010 18:13
> To: '
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> Subject: [Xen-API] [XCP] new version available
>
> Hi,
>
> I've refreshed the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) .isos on
xen.org with a new
> development snapshot (labeled version 0.1.1). XCP is a collaborative
> effort to build a complete cloud infrastructure platform, complete with
> a powerful management stack, standards-based APIs, support for
> multi-tenancy and much more. See:
>
>
http://www.xen.org/products/cloud_source.html
>
> Since we released the first snapshot (0.1) we've had lots of
> contributions
> and valuable feedback. Particular thanks to
>
> * Nicira for contributing the openvswitch (enabled by default,
> replaces linux bridging)
> * Marathon for contributing patches for FT
> * Ahmed Kamal for documenting how XCP consoles work[1]
> * Colin Dean for creating a VNC console proxy and web front end[2]
> * Alberto Gonzalez Rodriguez for creating a standalone front-end[3]
>
> In this update further highlights are:
>
> * dom0 refreshed to CentOS 5.4
> * xen refreshed to 3.4.2
> * support for host SMBIOS data to be passed through to VMs
> * improvements to experimental PCI passthrough
>
> This update contains hundreds of changesets containing lots and lots of
> bugfixes and performance improvements, including:
>
> * VM lifecycle queuing deadlock fixed
> * rare post-fork() spinning xapi process fixed
> * Active Directory authentication fixes
> * PV drivers check for magic strings in xenstore removed
> * lots of memory ballooning fixes
>
> What's next:
>
> * more stabilising/ bugfixing
> * more hg repositories (storage coming soon)
> * prototypes of new features (e.g. stub domains, advanced vhd
> management)
> * aim to release an alpha late Jan/ early Feb
>
> Development continues on the mailing list:
xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> As always, comments / suggestions / patches welcome!
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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