@JaredBusch Mac and its features do have a consumer bent. Gotta consider I.T. pros being responsible for themselves and their own processes.
Actually, surprised you did not mention doing the backups via cron/systemd/etc.
Am a bit curious on the current performance comparison between Parallels v9 and VMware Fusion v6—
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-latest-virtualization-showdown-parallels-desktop-9-vs-vmware-fusion-6/ 'Tis one source, still want more being an I.T. skeptic & all that
