OS X Server Virtualization

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Eru Ithildur

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I have a question for you guys at Parallels... With the forthcoming Parallels Server edition, are you going to support OS X Server?

The new EULA for Leopard allows the OS X Server to be virtualized as long as you use a seperate license for each instance of it running.

I know that out of laziness you shouldn't just sandbox services... But, for hosting, you can offer virtualized OS X servers that integrate various services (Open Directory Replication that fails over from the primary office location, iChat (Jabber), etc.) I will be offering to my community, that way the users have full root access to their machine and I don't have to sandbox in the OS, but rather at the hypervisor level. Yes, I know many, if not all, of the services are available via Linux.
 
I think it's best to refer to Ben Rudolph's blog on this - http://parallelsvirtualization.blogspot.com/2007/10/now-you-can-virtualize-os-x-sort-of.html

Especially this part:
It is important to note that weve already begun the steps necessary to technically enable this new policy and Leopard Server is an important part of our Parallels Server roadmap. We know from many of you that the holy grail of XServes is to run multiple, isolated, near-native instances of OS X Server on the same box, at the same time. Couple that with the ability to run Windows and Linux next to those instances of OS X via Parallels Server, and youve just made XServes even more compelling for enterprises large and small, even non traditional Apple shops.
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