Parallels says that Parallels Server can run up to 50 different guest operating systems, including 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows Server, a variety of Linux operating systems and the OS X Leopard Server. With the virtualization hypervisor software, users can either partition an Intel-based Xserve running the Mac OS into multiple virtual machines or run the hypervisor directly – “bare metal” – on the hardware itself.

Among other features are:

° A full bare-metal hypervisor that allows users to run multiple virtual machines directly on the host physical machine's hardware without depending on a host operating system.

° An integrated toolset that includes Parallels Tools, a set of add-ons that designed to make it easier to work with virtual servers, and Parallels Transporter, a built-in, wizard driven migration tool that can move the entire contents of a real machine to a virtual machine, and an integrated, single-click backup utility.

° Virtual support for four-way symmetric multi-processing (SMP), which lets users assign up to four virtual cores to a virtual machine. Two-way SMP is also supported.

° Experimental support for Intel VT-d, enabling users to leverage full hardware-acceleration technologies for faster, more stable virtual machines and better resource management. Using VT-d, users can also directly assign hardware resources such as graphics and network cards to virtual machines.

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