s Windows and Linux, but it runs as a service / daemon on top of OS X. It'=
s not bare metal like VMware ESX and some versions of Xen. Parallels Conta=
iners (nee Virtuozzo) is OS-level virtualization and indeed only supports L=
inux and Windows. Our initial explorations with server virtualization bega=
n with Virtuozzo for Windows about 2 years ago, but I didn't feel its hyper=
visor model was sufficient for our environment. It also had a sort of "bla=
ck-magic" feel to how it worked, and I frequently encountered issues with i=
nstalling Windows patches or applications that could make the entire server=
unstable. After about 6 months with it, we moved to VMware ESX, and event=
ually moved our entire server environment to VMware Infrastructure.
S
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Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-
> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Johnson
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:57 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences
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> I have just started researching Parallels Containers for a RedHat environ=
ment
> but I have no direct Mac server experience.
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> Parallels for servers is geared toward large organizations that are mac b=
ased
> but want to do a small scale MS/Linux only software implementation. If t=
his
> is what you are looking for you really have to ask if the performance
> penalties you will pay for virtualiztion are worth adherence to a platfor=
m.
> For the cost it is likely you would get better performance from purchasin=
g a
> dedicated MS box and bundled OS and CALs and would only be worth it if yo=
u
> have a lot of spare CPU cycles and disk space.
>=20
> What you are probably more interested in is Parallels Virtuozzo Container=
s.
> This would be the equivalent of a Mac VMWare allowing several instances o=
f a
> mac server to run on a single server in isolation. However, AFAIK Virtuo=
zzo
> only supports Windows and Linux.
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> _J
> ____________________________
> Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com
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> ________________________________
> From: Steve Taffee <SteveTaffee@CASTILLEJA.ORG>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:23:58 PM
> Subject: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences
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> Hi there, Mac Server users....
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> We are looking at virtualizing of Xserves, and wonder if anyone has exper=
ience
> with Parallels virtual server. We've use their desktop client with succes=
s,
> but not the server version.
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> Tks.
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> s
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