14 DAY TRIAL // Xen Project, through Jan Beulich, announced the availability of new maintenance updates for the 4.6 and 4.7 stable series of the powerful and open source Xen hypervisor for x86 and ARM architectures.
Xen 4.6.4 and Xen 4.7.1 are now the latest and most advanced stable versions of the leading open-source virtualization system used by more than 10 million users in many of the world's best and renowned cloud hosting services, including AWS (Amazon Web Services), Rackspace Public Cloud, and Verizon Cloud.
As expected, these releases contain many improvements and bug fixes that should make your Xen infrastructure more stable and reliable. The full release notes are provided for your reading pleasure for Xen 4.6.4 and Xen 4.7.1 on the project's website, and it is recommended to install these versions as soon as possible.
"I am pleased to announce the release of Xen 4.6.4 and 4.7.1. Xen Project Maintenance releases are released in line with our Maintenance Release Policy. We recommend that all users of the 4.6 and 4.7 stable series update to the latest point release," said Jan Beulich in the brief release announcement.
If you fancy compiling Xen from sources, you can download the Xen 4.6.4 and Xen 4.7.1 archives right now from our website, or directly from the official homepage of the project, where you'll find all the information you need to get started with the type-1 or baremetal hypervisor.