Parallels Server Beta
Parallels Server is a powerful and easy-to-use bare metal hypervisor virtualization solution that provides the best value for cost conscious organizations seeking to consolidate and optimize their IT infrastructures.
Parallels Server for Mac has LAUNCHED! The world’s first server virtualization solution for the Mac is now generally available. Run any application on your Apple Xserve. Learn more.
Key Benefits
Parallels Server is a cost-effective virtualization solution that enables organizations to:
Standardize server hardware platforms
Effectively consolidate server resources
Consolidate and support legacy OSes and applications
Streamline server and application deployment, maintenance and management
Simplify software testing and development
Optimize server and application availability
Parallels Server’s bare metal hypervisor technology provides cost-effective approaches to protect data, maximize performance and reduce IT costs and complexities. Hardware ready, Parallels Server can seamlessly integrate into existing IT infrastructures.
Key Features
Parallels Server is a feature-rich and comprehensive server virtualization solution that gets the job done, even for the toughest workloads in almost any organization.
Built on Parallels’ bare metal hypervisor technology
Support for hardware-assisted acceleration extensions such as Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel VT-x)
64- and 32-bit platform and guest OS support
SMP (up to 4-way guest) and multi-core support
Integrated toolset includes Parallels Tools, Parallels Disk Image Tool and Parallels Transporter (P2V and V2V migration tool)
Parallels Management Console, an integrated GUI-based multi-server and cross-platform management tool
Open APIs and SDK to extend management integration with in-house and third-party applications
Command line interface (CLI), scripting (including Python), to automate administrative tasks
Support for installation on existing servers. Get the benefits of a powerful hypervisor on your existing hardware.*
Powerful
Easy To Use
Best Value
Parallels Server is a hardware optimized hypervisor solution for server virtualization that delivers performance, reliability and flexibility.
Built on Parallels bare metal hypervisor technology
Available in bare metal hypervisor version for non-OS server implementation
Available in hypervisor versions for deployment on Windows, Linux and Mac servers with pre-installed OSes
A hardware-optimized, hypervisor-based server virtualization solution with support for Intel VT-x hardware acceleration technologies
32- and 64-bit platform and broad guest OS support
Up to 4-way guest SMP and multi-core CPU support
Unlimited host memory support
Supports up to 8 GB RAM guest memory
Clustered file system support for bare metal and Linux
Command line tool and scripting language support
Open API and SDK for management extensibility
Easy to deploy, easy to use and easy to manage, Parallels Server offers a seamless user experience to help maximize IT administration efficiency.
New! Easily share files and folders between host server and guest Windows VMs with Shared Folders
Multi-administrator access to VMs
Integrated Parallels Updater for automatic updates
Flexible virtual device support
VM autorun boot option
Localization support for multiple languages
Many of today’s server virtualization solutions are designed from a top-down approach, suited mostly for large enterprises. Parallels Server is a cost-effective, full-featured solution with an integrated management toolset. Parallels Server provides the essential management tools to help IT professionals do their jobs effectively and keep business running.
Available with integrated management toolset
Available with integrated Parallels Management Console (PMC) for management of multiple servers and VMS across different platforms
Integrated Parallels Transporter for P2V and V2V migration
Integrated Parallels Tools for guest Windows and Linux VMs
New! Parallels Tools automatic updates
New! Integrated Parallels Disk Image Tool to resize VMs
NOTE: Support for Beta Products
Parallels Server Beta is still in the beta testing stage and is not currently available for the general Parallels Technical Support. Parallels Server for Mac is now generally available and is eligible for Parallels Technical Support. Learn more.
* - Requires installation of Parallels Server for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X.
Press quote:
"One feature I found most welcome was support for multiple virtual CPUs. Many server applications are tuned to behave differently on a single-CPU system, limiting scalability in non-SMP VM environments. Parallels Server’s multi-CPU support should give these applications a healthy performance boost."
Parallels Server beta looks promising
Randall Kennedy, InfoWorld
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