Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal

Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal enables IT organizations to consolidate business applications onto a smaller number of physical servers and provide on-demand computing resources to the business. Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal is a powerful hypervisor solution that enables the quick provisioning, configuration & management of multiple independent operating system environments on a single server. Taking advantage of Parallels award winning hypervisor technology and FastLane architecture, running millions of computers world wide, Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal is the most cost effective, fully supported solution available with editions tailored for small business, medium sized companies and larger organizations.

With Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal you can…
- Run multiple OS environments on a single server to maximize hardware utilization;
- Quickly provision, configure, manage & de-provision virtual server environments;
- Reduce the number of physical servers resulting in saved space & power consumption;
- Easily snapshot and/or backup all or individual virtual machines to protect data & settings;
- Migrate virtual machines between physical servers to distribute workload or respond to pending hardware issues;
- Pre-configure virtual machines through templates or use VMs created with Parallels Desktop for Mac, Windows or Linux and Parallels Server for Mac.

Easily create virtual machines in minutes
Creating & configuring virtual machines should be fast and easy. With Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal, the administrator can provision a new virtual machine nearly instantly and then quickly apply virtual machine templates to provide a fully configured — ready to go — server with just a few clicks.

Consolidate servers with built in migration capabilities
Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal includes a migration utility which enables administrators to capture an existing physical server into a virtual machine. This allows administrators to move entire environments, applications & their settings from a physical to a virtual server with minimal effort.

Take full advantage of your servers to run applications at top speed
Parallels hypervisor technology opens the door to up to 12 virtual CPUs, 64GB virtual RAM, 16 virtual NICs and 2TB virtual hard drives for each of your virtual machines.

Multiple Editions to fit your business
Multiple editions to meet your needs from a single server to an enterprise deployment Parallels is providing three different editions of the Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal solution to best fit the needs of your business.

Key Features
- Powerful 12 way virtual CPU support in each Virtual Machine. Maximizes the power to your application taking advantage of Intel VT-x and VT-d technologies including VPIDs, FlexPriority & Extended Page Tables as well as AMD-V technologies offloading workloads to the system hardware to bring near native performance to the virtual environments;
- Comprehensive built in backup solution to enable administrators to perform incremental and full backups on virtual environments to protect data, applications & configurations;
- Simple migration of virtual environments between physical servers to minimize downtime and improve IT reaction time;
- Easy integration into an existing environment leveraging the same management infrastructure & operational procedures.

Technical Features
- Up to 12 way virtual CPUs supported per Virtual Machine;
- Up to 64GB of virtual RAM per Virtual Machine;
- Powerful 32/64 bit hypervisor virtualization layer for creating & managing Parallels Virtual Machines;
- Virtual disk files up to 2TB;
- Up to 8 USB 2.0 & 8 USB 1.1 devices supported per Virtual Machine;
- Linux operating system virtualization for Parallels Containers (Advanced Edition only);
- CPU resource limits, prioritization and disk I/O priority;
- Snapshots & automated snapshots;
- Virtual environment cloning;
- Virtual machine templates to reduce setup & configuration time for repetitive environments;
- Virtual Networking allows you to include your virtual environments in different networks;
- Integrated update utility to automate the process of keeping the software & templates up to date;
- Resource usage accounting shows CPU, memory, disk & network usage by Virtual Environment;
- Full & incremental backups;
- Live migration;
- Migration utility for P2V, P2C, C2V;
- Physical NIC dedication on VT-d enabled servers.

Management Features
- Parallels Management Console (included in all editions) is a GUI based cross-platform management utility that supports multiple servers (recommended 5 server maximum) and the lifecycle management of Virtual Machines;
- Parallels Virtual Automation (included in Standard & Advanced editions) is a web based management application that streamlines the process of managing both Parallels hypervisor & container environments as well as providing self service capabilities to improve IT responsiveness;
- Command Line Interface allow administrators to perform different management operations on virtual environments;
- SDK/API/Scripting provides a programming API and C/C++ and Python wrappers for API to enable the integration of Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal into company processes and applications such as self service provisioning.