Citrix XenServer 6.1 Limitations

Pablo Legorreta

Citrix XenServer 6.1 Limitations

Posted by Pablo Legorreta on Jan 4, 2013 7:21:00 AM

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Virtual Machine Limits

 
CPU Limits
Virtual CPUs per Virtual Machine 16
   
Memory  
RAM per Virtual Machine 128 GB
   
Storage  
Virtual disks (including CD-ROM) per Virtual Machine 16
Virtual CD-ROM drives per Virtual Machine 1
Virtual Disk Size (NFS) 2TB minus 4 MB
Virtual Disk Size (LVM) 2TB minus 4 MB
   
Networking  
Virtual NICs per Virtual Machine 7

 

XenServer Host Limits

CPU  
Logical processors per host 160
Virtual CPUs per host 900
Concurrent VMs per host 150
Concurrent XenDesktop VMs per host 150
Concurrent PVS VMs per host 150
Concurrent XenDesktop VMs using IntelliCache per host 150
Concurrent protected VMs per host with HA enabled 60
   
Memory  
RAM per host 1 TB
   
Storage  
Concurrent active virtual discs per host 512
   
Networking  
Physical NICs per host 16
Physical NICs per network bond 4
Virtual NICs per host 512
VLANs per host 800
   
Pass-through  
GPUs per host 4

 

Resource Pool Limits

 
CPU  
Hosts per resource pool 16
   
Networking  
VLANS per resource pool 800
Active hosts per cross-server private network 16
Cross-server private networks per resource pool 16
Virtual NICs per cross-server private network 16
Cross-server private network virtual NICs per resource pool 256
Hosts per vSwitch controller 64
Virtual NICs per vSwitch controller 1024
Virtual machines per vSwitch controller 1024
   
Disaster Recovery  
Concurrent exports via Virtual Machine Protection Recovery 2
Integrated Site Recovery storage repositories per resource pool 8
   
Storage  
Paths to a LUN 8
Multi-pathed LUNs per host 150
VDIs per SR 600
   
Storage XenMotion  
(non-CDROM) VDIs per VM 6
Snapshots per VM 1
Concurrent transfers 3
   
XenCenter  
Concurrent operations per pool 25

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