Deployment Requirements

Parallels Cloud Server runs on a wide variety of hardware and software configurations. Basic system requirements include:

Server Hardware

Platform: x86-64 platform with Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support
CPU: 1.5 GHz or higher processor (a 64-bit processor is required for launching 64-bit guest operating systems)
Memory: 2 GB of RAM minimum (4 GB or more recommended)
Hard disk: Allocate 10-12 GB of disk space to the root (/) partition.
Hard disk: Format the (/vz) partition as ext4 and allocate all the remaining free space to it (no less than 30GB)
Network: 1 or more Ethernet cards (1 Gbit or faster)

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

Parallels Cloud Server is installed directly on the server hardware and does not require any additional operating system software

Parallels Containers allows you to create containers running these Linux distributions:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (x86, x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (x86, x64)
Fedora 17 (x86, x64)
Fedora 16 (x86, x64)
CentOS 6.x (x86, x64)
CentOS 5.x (x86, x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 2 (x86, x64)
openSUSE 12.1 (x86, x64)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86, x64)
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu 12.10 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu 12.04 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu 11.10 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu 10.04 (x86, x64)

Parallels Hypervisor allows you to create virtual machines (VMs) running the following:

Windows:

Linux:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (x86, x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (x86, x64)
Fedora 17 (x86, x64)
Fedora 16 (x86, x64)
CentOS 6.x (x86, x64)
CentOS 5.x (x86, x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86, x64)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86, x64)
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu 12.10 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu 11.10 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu Server 12.04 (x86, x64)
Ubuntu Server 10.04 (x86, x64)

FreeBSD: