Parallels Virtualization — Maximize Profitability, Shorten Time to Market, Lower Costs
Overview
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers
Parallels Server Bare Metal
Parallels Virtual Automation
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is a leading container-based virtualization solution used by thousands of hosting and SaaS providers world wide. It enables you to deliver the most profitable, manageable and widest range of virtualization offerings to your customers.
Parallels Server Bare Metal is a powerful hypervisor solution that enables virtual machine hosting, quick provisioning, configuration and management of multiple independent operating systems on a single server. It also includes APIs and tools for fast time to market and maximum profitability.
Parallels Virtual Automation is a comprehensive management tool that centralizes management of physical and virtual environments — including both containers and virtual machines — into a single console, allowing you to lower costs and efficiently manage infrastructure from anywhere.
Designed for cloud services providers, Parallels Virtualization enables the most profitable virtualized offerings from VPSs to elastic clouds. Parallels Virtualization has the best time to market, lowest support and operations costs, and enables the widest range of virtualized offerings.
Containers or Hypervisor — the Best of Both!
We offer two virtualization solutions — Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and Parallels Server Bare Metal — and one management interface to help you meet the needs of your customers. Whether you offer true VPS, managed VPS, virtual desktops, or cloud computing services, you can count on Parallels virtualization products to help you succeed.
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Parallels Virtuozzo Containers enables you to offer the most profitable, manageable and widest range of virtualization offerings to your customers. It dynamically partitions a single Windows or Linux operating system instance into fully isolated virtual environments or "containers" so hundreds of workloads can safely run side-by-side on the same physical server.
Cloud services / hosting providers choose Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for:
- Maximum profitability — you get the best virtualization efficiency, scalability and density of any virtualization solution
- Widest range of offerings — retain and provide an easy upgrade path for your customers, create new revenue streams and move to more profitable services
- Lowest support and operation costs — get maximum revenue per server as a result of low overhead and high density provided by virtualization
Thousands of service providers have successfully deployed Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to provide stable, reliable hosting and SaaS solutions. The table below describes several common services and deployment scenarios.
Service Offering | Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Advantages |
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| True VPS |
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides isolation, security, and management so you can deliver services to multiple clients from a single physical server. Low overhead allows typical service providers to include 50-300+ virtual environments per server. |
| Managed VPS |
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides browser-based control panel tools so clients can manage changes on their own servers. Charge a premium when performing more complicated tasks for your clients. |
| SaaS Delivery |
Make application delivery a feature of all VPS and dedicated server offerings. Clients can easily install applications that are packaged inside a Parallels Virtuozzo Containers template. Parallels Automation tools allow clients to order, pay for, and install applications without engaging your support team. |
| Virtual Appliances |
Provide clients with pre-configured virtual containers that meet their specific needs, and build environments with specific applications to target particular markets and verticals. |
Parallels Server Bare Metal combines the benefit of a powerful hypervisor solution with Parallels expertise in the service provider virtualization environment. From dev/test to elastic cloud computing, Parallels Server Bare Metal enables cloud services providers the flexibility to host multiple OS with kernel independence, and provides the APIs and tools for fastest time-to-market and maximum profitability.
In addition, Parallels Server Bare Metal has the most robust, integrated management and automation toolbox of any server virtualization solution, giving you fast migrations, integrated backups and rapid deployment.
Get proven hypervisor technology to expand your services. Parallels Server Bare Metal is ideal for:
- Gaining maximum flexibility for delivering a variety of hosted operating systems
- Hosting multiple operating systems on a single server
- Complete security and isolation for delivering a multi-tenant solution
- Offering an update path from Parallels Virtuozzo Containers
Service Offering | Parallels Server Advantage |
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| Multi-OS Hosting |
Parallels Server Bare Metal allows service providers to host several heterogeneous VPS environments on a single server for developers, testing groups, and clients who want to host legacy applications. |
| Hosted Desktop OS |
Parallels Server Bare Metal provides the flexibility to host desktop operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP. |
| Hosting Infrastructure |
Parallels Server Bare Metal provides an environment for companies that want to outsource their entire IT infrastructure to a managed hosting provider — even if it includes non-Windows and Linux servers. |
Parallels Virtual Automation gives you a centralized, easy-to-use, anytime, anywhere management of your virtualized servers and enables you to get the most efficient use of sever infrastructure by automating the management of virtualization services. Formerly called Parallels Infrastructure Management, this comprehensive solution enables you to streamline operations and provides administrators with the first unified console designed to manage both Parallels container and hypervisor environments.
Cloud services / hosting providers choose Parallels Virtual Automation for:
- Anywhere, anytime access
- Centralized management
- Universal management
- Logical or physical structures
- Deploy and manage with templates and samples
- System resource monitoring
- Scheduled backups
- Software updates and patch management
- Enhanced permissions
Bright Idea
With Parallels, service providers have the ability to offer clients a combined container and hypervisor solution — which leverages the benefits of both Parallels Server and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. For Windows Server and Linux Server environments, utilize Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to maximize efficiency and simplify management.
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