First running prototype is here After some discussions about global architecture, we made choices, and we are testing them right now. And we have screenshots to share :) Global architecture Our goal is to avoid useless traffic between clients and XCP servers, for multiple reasons: * XAPI talks a lot * multiply each client connection by each server,
Tell us what you want We have a lot of ideas, but we prefer to start building a software with features responding to community needs. Please read this post carefully if you want to express your needs about XO. Features We've decided to create a feature request, that's why we'
From 10 to 1 (and less) Our first exploration of PHP calls for XAPI was based on a lib, named PHP-xenapi (btw, thanks to Andy Goodwin for that piece of code [https://github.com/andygoodwin/PHP-xenapi]). The "small" problem with this lib, is its slowness. I mean really slower than acceptable for us. Let&
XCP on Debian 7 (Wheezy) Background Historically, XCP is more a software appliance, installed directly from an ISO, containing packaged XCP with CentOS. But some people prefer to add XCP on a existing OS (for various reasons, like for us, using Debian). That's why project Kronos [http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Project_Kronos]
XO milestones Many of you ask us "when the new version of XO will be available, at least for testing purpose?" First thing first, I'll explain important milestones. First "public" beta: before 2013! Yes, it can be the last day of 2012, but this first pre-version
We are back! After two years without news, we're back! Now, Xen Orchestra is redeveloped from scratch (with a company support), in order to work with XCP (and its powerful XAPI). Of course, it'll stay Open Source (surely AGPLv3). We decide to be transparent about our development process. The
