Xen Project Developer Summit Videos and Slides

It has been a while since we held the Xen Project Developer Summit. All slides have been posted on our slideshare channel (prefixed with XPDS14) and are also available on youtube. Slides and videos are also available on the presentation & video page of our website (again, just search for XPDS14). A few videos are still missing, due to editing issues and will follow shortly.

A few of my personal highlights

Xen 4.4 Retrospective and 4.5 Roadmap

Talk by George Dunlap and Konrad R Wilk covering the how we managed the Xen Project 4.4 release and the 4.5 Roadmap. You may also want to check out information related to our first Xen 4.5 Release candidate.

Xen as High-Performance NFV Platform

Towards Massive Server Consolidation

Although not entirely related, the following talk shows some experiments and improvements to Xen which NEC has performed which allow up to 10K guests to run on a Xen host.

Embedded topics

The following talks were interesting and relevant for new use cases, such as automotive, Xen Project in avionics and similar,

Unikernels and Library OS’es

If you are interested in Unikernels, check out the following talks:

Of course, there are many more. Enjoy!

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Xen Project Announces Performance and Security Advancements with Release of 4.19
08/05/2024

New release marks significant enhancements in performance, security, and versatility across various architectures.  SAN FRANCISCO – July 31st, 2024 – The Xen Project, an open source project under the Linux Foundation, is proud to announce the release of Xen Project 4.19. This release marks a significant milestone in enhancing performance, security,

Upcoming Closure of Xen Project Colo Facility
07/10/2024

Dear Xen Community, We regret to inform you that the Xen Project is currently experiencing unexpected changes due to the sudden shutdown of our colocated (colo) data center facility by Synoptek. This incident is beyond our control and will impact the continuity of OSSTest (the gating Xen Project CI loop)

Xen Summit Talks Now Live on YouTube!
06/18/2024

Hello Xen Community! We have some thrilling news to share with you all. The highly anticipated talks from this year’s Xen Summit are now live on YouTube! Whether you attended the summit in person or couldn’t make it this time, you can now access all the insightful presentations

Get ready for Xen Summit 2024!
05/24/2024

With less than 2 weeks to go, are you ready? The Xen Project is gearing up for a summit full of discussions, collaboration and innovation. If you haven’t already done so – get involved by submitting a design session topic. Don’t worry if you can’t attend in person,