Parallels Workstation 6 Extreme is easier than ever for the user. Run multiple operating systems at the same time and share information between applications.

Top Features include:

• Simultaneously run multiple operating systems as virtual machines, including a wide variety of Windows versions and Linux distributions.
• Easily share files, devices and other resources between operating systems and their applications.
• Blend guest and host OS applications into a single user experience with Parallels Coherence mode.

 Parallels Workstation 6 Extreme is faster and more flexible. Enable individual workstations to run multiple complex graphic applications while maintaining peak performance levels at each click. 

 Top Features include: 

 
•  Improved Parallels virtualization technology takes advantage of hardware assist with Intel VT-d (VPIDs, EPT and FlexPriority) giving maximum performance to virtual machines.
 
•  Dozens of enhancements including a 64-bit virtual machine process and nearly a 35% improvement in disk I/O for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP virtual machines will help satisfy user demands.
 
•  Connect compatible PCIe devices directly to virtual machines to gain the advantage of amazing speeds, keeping applications running fast and users satisfied.
 

 Parallels Workstation 6 Extreme is easy to access for a variety of business purposes. Users can show simulation results in a meeting from an iPad, IT can leverage unused compute cycles, and administrators can simplify remote administration.

 Top Features include:

 
• Remotely administer Parallels Workstation 6 Extreme and virtual machines from Parallels Management Console. 

• Remotely access running virtual machines and applications from iPad, iPod touch and iPhone devices via an internet connection with Parallels Mobile.
 
•  Take advantage of unused computer cycles with an HPC cluster running in the background while simultaneously protecting the interactive user’s performance.

• FirePro V4800, V5800, V7800, V8800
• FirePro RG220 (see Teradici partnership section below)

These graphics cards have also been tested by Parallels, utilizing AMD FirePro driver version V8.773 or higher. This testing includes Windows host with Windows guest operations and Linux host with Windows guest operations. Using the V8.773 Linux guest driver within any Parallels Workstation Extreme guest virtual machine is not currently supported by Parallels.

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HP tested and supported graphics cards with Parallels Workstation Extreme are:

• NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800, FX 3800, FX 4800, FX 5800
• NVIDIA Quadro 2000, 4000, 5000, and 6000
• NVIDIA Telsa C2050

Download the HP and Parallels Workstation Extreme High Performance White Paper (PDF) to read about how current technological breakthroughs have enabled workstation apps to be run in a virtual environment with near-native performance for the first time.

Ask your HP Workstation account manager about Parallels Workstation Extreme today (which can be ordered with select HP Workstations via their online configurator (see Other Software) or via HP’s Software Licensing Management Service!

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Deploy HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) with Parallels Workstation Extreme for secure remote access to your graphics-intensive applications. Whether you are running multiple workloads for a single user, or for multiple users, you can do so off-premise with this combined HP and Parallels solution.

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The latest generation of HP Z600 and Z800 workstations that serve the needs of professional engineers, architects, animators, etc. deliver exceptional performance. So much so that compute resources of these workstation often cannot be fully consumed by the end-users, and certainly not 24 hour a day. Using Parallels Workstation 6.0 Extreme, customers can now create workstation-centric high-performance compute clusters by dedicate unused compute resources to virtual machines. The use of VMs are not new and are commonplace in server-based commercial computing, enabling customers to fully leverage server resources. Applying this concept to deployed high-end workstations, however, is new, and is a unique capability of PWE. With PWE taking full advantage of Intel’s Virtualization Technologies (VT-x and VT-d), it allows customers to assign – and to constrain – hardware resources to individual VMs. This is the primary way in which PWE enables a concurrent end-user visualization application and cluster compute usage model on a single workstation. These workstation compute clusters can be either Linux-based or Windows-based, and can run a wide range of data analysis tools (i.e. CAE, Financial modeling, data rendering).

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Take advantage of Intel VT-d technology for direct I/O access to professional graphics and network cards directly in a virtual environment. Experience full GPU visualization and networking acceleration in a Windows or Linux virtual machine, with hardware support for NVIDIA Quadro or AMD FirePro graphics card and both gigabit and 10GigE networking cards.

Download the Intel Performance Brief (PDF) that compares the previous Intel Xeon Processor 5400 with the new Intel Xeon Processor 5500 — running Parallels Workstation 4.0 Extreme!

In addition, if you are an Intel S5520SC or S5620SC Workstation customer or reseller, Parallels Workstation 6.0 Extreme has been validate on these platforms.

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A Quadro Multi-OS enabled workstation, with dual Quadro Professional Graphics Cards and Parallels virtualization software, enables assignment of dedicated Quadro Professional Graphics Cards to both the host operating system and a range of optionally loaded guest virtual machine operating systems, thus creating a fully virtualized workstation.

Supported Quadro and Telsa graphics cards are:

• NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800, FX 3800, FX 4800, FX 5800
• NVIDIA Quadro 2000, 4000, 5000, and 6000
• NVIDIA Telsa C2050

Utilizing Quadro Multi-OS, professionals who rely on GPU-intensive applications can achieve improved productivity and resource management for faster results. This includes both graphically oriented applications and general purpose graphics processing applications (known as GPGPU applications based on NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL). In addition, IT managers can increase the use of a single system’s resources, reducing IT deployments for overall lower cost of ownership.

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Learn more about how Schlumberger is empowering the most demanding oil and gas professionals with scalability and native performance for multi-OS environments here (Schlumberger's website).

Click here (PDF) to learn how Talisman Energy is deploying Schlumberger’s Windows-based Petrel and Linux-based GeoFrame solutions on a single high-performance HP Z800 Workstation with Parallels Workstation Extreme.

Find out more about Parallels Workstation Extreme's Technology

Developed to make remote desktops a practical reality even for those needing to use graphically-intensive applications, the PCoIP protocol reduces the amount of data being transmitted by only sending the pixels that change and compressing them so the overall network payload is vastly smaller. This means users can experience native performance and responsiveness — even from graphically-intensive applications — while the business as a whole can enjoy the usual security and support benefits associated with remote solutions.

Combined with rack-mounted workstations and Parallels Workstation Extreme, this remote workstation solution enables IT departments to provide multiple, simultaneously-running workloads on a single high-end workstation. This means organizations can fully-utilize their hardware and avoid the expensive and resource-intensive "one computer per user" IT model.

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