Parallels Server is a cross-platform software that enables you to create virtual machines on computers with Intel VT-x and AMD-V hardware virtualization support that have a Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, or even no primary operating system installed.
With Parallels Server, you can run most versions of Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems side-by-side with your primary OS.
With Parallels Server, you can make these virtual machines accessible for other computers on the network, even for those that have different primary operating systems.
Parallels Server is a powerful and easy-to-use bare metal hypervisor solution for server virtualization that provides the best value for cost conscience organizations seeking to standardize and optimize their IT infrastructures.
Built on Parallels` bare metal hypervisor architecture and award-winning hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Server for Mac 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.
A hardware-ready solution, organizations can leverage Parallels Server for Mac to seamlessly standardize on the Mac platform and to integrate into existing IT infrastructures. Parallels Server is designed to optimize the performance of virtualized systems and applications and provides cost-effective approaches to protect data and reduce the costs and complexities of IT infrastructures.
NOTE: To be able to use Parallels Server on your Mac you will need a trial key that you can get from HERE.
Here are some key features of "Parallels Server":
· Support for Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT-x) hardware acceleration technologies.
· 32- and 64-bit platform and guest OS support.
· 4-way guest SMP and multi-core CPU support.
· Unlimited host memory support.
· Command line tool and scripting language support.
· Easily share files and folders between Mac host and guest Windows VMs with Shared Folder.
· Multi-administrator access to VMs.
· Integrated Parallels Updater for automatic updates.
· Flexible virtual device support.
· VM autorun boot option.
· Open API and SDK for management extensibility.
· Localization support for multiple languages.
· First server virtualization solution for the Mac platform.
· Available with integrated management toolset and console for less than $1K.
· Integrated Parallels Management Console, to centralized manage multiple servers and VMs across platforms.
· Integrated Parallels Transporter for P2V and V2V migration.
· Integrated Parallels Tools for guest Windows and Linux VMs.
· New! Parallels Tools Auto Updates.
· Integrated Parallels Image Tool to resize VMs.
· Integrated Parallels Explorer to browse VMs.
· New! Integrated Parallels Mounter to mount disk volumes.
· New! Integrated Parallels Mounter to mount disk volumes.
Requirements:
· 2 GB RAM minimum. 4 GB RAM recommended.
· 100 MB of hard disk space for . 15 GB or more for each virtual machine.
· Optical drive.
· Ethernet or FireWire network adapter.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial.
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed the problem with mouse and keyboard freezing in virtual machines running Mac OS X v10.6.2 Snow Leopard.
· Reduced the time of starting a virtual machine with Mac OS X Snow Leopard the first time after its creation.
· Fixed the issue when it was impossible to connect to a virtual machine via VNC and ARD after upgrading this virtual machine to Mac OS X Server v10.6.2 Snow Leopard.
· Fixed the problem with black screens and BSODs in virtual machines running Windows 2000 Server and hosted on Nehalem Macs.
· Fixed the issue when an error message about corrupted low memory was displayed after starting a virtual machine with Ubuntu Server 9.04.
· Fixed the problem when Parallels Server Mounter was unable to mount a hard disk drive to a virtual machine.
