--- title: Goodbye XenSever - Hello XCP-ng | daily.dev description: A hands-on evaluation and migration story from XenServer 7.2 to XCP-ng 7.6 across 32 physical hosts and 240 VMs. The author compares XenServer (paid), XCP-ng,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/goodbye-xensever---hello-xcp-ng-ari5s7lve twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Goodbye XenSever - Hello XCP-ng | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on evaluation and migration story from XenServer 7.2 to XCP-ng 7.6 across 32 physical hosts and 240 VMs. The author compares XenServer (paid), XCP-ng,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/goodbye-xensever---hello-xcp-ng-ari5s7lve og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/arI5s7LVe.png og:image:alt: Goodbye XenSever - Hello XCP-ng og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Goodbye XenSever - Hello XCP-ng **[Sam McLeod](https://daily.dev/sources/smcleod)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on evaluation and migration story from XenServer 7.2 to XCP-ng 7.6 across 32 physical hosts and 240 VMs. The author compares XenServer (paid), XCP-ng, oVirt, and Proxmox across criteria including cost, performance, security, community, and upgrade ease. XenServer was rejected due to prohibitive licensing costs (~$140,800 AUD/year), outdated tech, and shrinking community. oVirt impressed on performance but had unreliable installs. Proxmox felt too home-lab oriented. XCP-ng won for its painless upgrade path from XenServer, active open-source community, modern roadmap, and no licensing restrictions. The actual upgrade process is described step-by-step, including two minor bugs encountered. After three weeks in production, the author reports no issues. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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