Parallels Virtual Machines

From the point of view of applications and virtual machine users, each virtual machine is an independent system with an independent set of virtual hardware. This independence is provided by the Parallels Cloud Server hardware virtualization layer. The main features of the virtualization layer are the following:

• A virtual machine looks like a normal computer. It has its own virtual hardware, and software applications can run in virtual machines without any modifications or adjustment.
• A user can easily change the virtual machine configuration (e.g., add a new virtual disk or increase memory).
• Virtual machines are fully isolated from each other (file system, processes, sysctl variables) and Parallels Cloud Server.
• Install any of the supported operating systems in the virtual machine. The guest operating system and its applications are isolated inside a virtual machine and share physical hardware resources with other virtual machines.

Intel and AMD Virtualization Technology Support

Parallels Cloud Server provides support for Intel and AMD virtualization technologies comprising a set of processor enhancements and improving the work of virtualization solutions. Utilizing these technologies, Parallels Cloud Server can offload some workload to the system hardware, which results in the "near native" performance of guest operating systems.