{"id":12633,"date":"2012-06-27T15:46:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/citrix-xenserver\/"},"modified":"2012-06-27T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:46:48","slug":"citrix-xenserver","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/28436\/citrix-xenserver","title":{"rendered":"Citrix XenServer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_citrix_xenserver_mean\">What Does Citrix XenServer Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Citirix XenServer is a hypervisor platform that enables the creation and management of virtualized server infrastructure. It is developed by Citrix Systems and is built over the Xen virtual machine hypervisor. XenServer provides server virtualization and monitoring services. 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