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.

Software Requirements

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

Supported Virtual OS Distributions for Parallels Containers

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:

• Windows 8 (x64)
• Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (x86, x64)
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (x64)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (x86, x64)
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (x64) and with Service Pack 3 (x86)

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:

• FreeBSD 9 (x86, x64)

Meta Data Server

• Software: Parallels Cloud Server 6.0
• RAM: 2 GB minimum
• Disk space: 10 GB minimum
• Network: 1 or more Ethernet adapters (1 Gbit or faster)
• Network: a static IP address for each Ethernet adapter

Chunk Server

• Software: Parallels Cloud Server 6.0
• RAM: 1 GB minimum
• Disk space: any amount of available local disk space can be exported
• Network: 1 or more Ethernet adapters (1 Gbit or faster)
• Network: Static IP address for each Ethernet adapter