Show floor video: Parallels Server virtualizes OS X Server

January 20th, 2008 | Category: Apple / Mac

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While VMware’s OS X virtualization offering is described as a ‘technology preview’ (translation: still too buggy for beta), the team at Parallels is beta-ready with the new Parallels Server product, allowing you to virtualize OS X Server alongside your Windows, Windows Server and Linux VMs. The server version from ‘Big Red’ plus features experimental support for Intel’s VT-d directed I/O capability (present on the newest Mac Pro and XServe machines), lightweight and ‘bare metal/headless’ hypervisor modes, and 2-way SMP multicore in a VM (expected

to support 4-way SMP in the final version).

Feel the capability of that mostly operational virtualization station in our brief video demo with Parallels marketing lead Ben Rudolph (video after the jump). Pricing and availability on Parallels Server aren’t announced yet but as soon as they are we’ll let you know.

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