Parallels Virtuozzo Containers can be deployed on a wide variety of hardware. The deployment  requirements and product documentation will help you rapidly deploy Virtuozzo and quickly realize all the benefits of Containers virtualization.

Linux System Requirements

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Linux runs on a wide variety of hardware and software configurations. Basic system requirements include:

• Server hardware
• Host operating system
• Supported virtual OS distributions
• Parallels Virtual Automation and Parallels Power Panel requirements

Server Hardware

• Platform: Any x86 or x64 platform that is supported by the host Linux operating system.
• Memory: 1 GB or more. (required amount depends on the total number of containers you want to run on the server)
• Disk space: At least 15 GB of free disk space. (required amount depends on the size of the software to be installed in containers)
• Network interfaces: One or more network cards.

The exact server configuration depends on how many containers you on the server and what load they generate.

Host Operating System

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 can be installed on the following operating systems (both x86 and x64):

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• CentOS 6
• CentOS 5

Supported Virtual OS Distributions for Containers

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 allows you to create Containers running these Linux distributions:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6
• CentOS 4,5 and 6
• Debian 5.0 and 6.0
• Fedora 12, 13, 14
• OpenSUSE 11 with Service Packs 1, 2, 3, and 4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11
• Ubuntu 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, and 10.10

Management Tools

Parallels Virtual Automation

The industry’s first comprehensive management solution that simplifies lifecycle management for both Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and hypervisors from a unified management console. Read more

Parallels Power Panel

Parallels Power Panel uses standard web browsers on any platform to perform a wide range of actions - even when the virtual machine is offline. Read more