{"id":9582,"date":"2021-10-06T09:52:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2021-10-06T09:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:52:21","slug":"openstacks-24th-release-xena-wields-powerful-hardware-support-project-integration-to-strengthen-open-infrastructure-for-cloud-native-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstacks-24th-release-xena-wields-powerful-hardware-support-project-integration-to-strengthen-open-infrastructure-for-cloud-native-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack\u2019s 24th Release, Xena, Wields Powerful Hardware Support, Project Integration to Strengthen Open Infrastructure for Cloud-Native Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The latest release occurs as the 2021 User Survey reveals significant growth in OpenStack deployments ranging from hundreds of cores to six million cores; Over 100 new OpenStack clouds have been built, growing the total number of cores under OpenStack management to more than 25,000,000 cores<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aqilhEmkEBw\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"lead\">The OpenStack community today released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/software\/xena\/\">Xena<\/a>, the 24th version of the most widely deployed open source cloud infrastructure software. Highlights of the Xena release include support for new hardware features, improved integration among components, and reduction of technical debt to maintain OpenStack\u2019s stable and reliable core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenStack is one of the most active open source projects in the world, supported by a vibrant and engaged community of developers globally. Over the span of just 25 weeks, almost 15,000 changes authored by over 680 contributors from over 125 different organizations were included in the Xena release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This release comes at a time when the OpenStack project is deployed in production more widely than ever. Over 100 new OpenStack clouds have been built in the past 18 months, growing the total number of cores under OpenStack management to more than 25,000,000 cores. 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