Xen 4.7 Open Source Linux Hypervisor Arrives with Non-Disruptive, Live Patching

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Xen 4.7 arrives eight months after the release of the previous version, Xen 4.6, and it appears to be yet another major release, not that we expected less from the leading open-source virtualization system, which is currently being used in many of the world’s best and renowned cloud hosting services, including AWS (Amazon Web Services), Rackspace Public Cloud, and Verizon Cloud, powering more than 10 million users.

Release highlights of Xen 4.7 include a new XL command-line interface that has been designed to allow the use of PVUSB devices for PV guests, as well as to enable hot-plugging of USB devices, HVM guests, and QEMU disk backends…

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