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The SmartOS release changelog for reference: https://us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/sm...

SmartOS is the core operating system for Triton datacenter -- https://www.tritondatacenter.com Triton is the orchestration of SmartOS compute nodes.

Code + issues are active under https://github.com/TritonDataCenter (smartos-live, illumos-joyent, triton, etc.), and docs are at https://docs.smartos.org/.

SmartOS is released every two weeks, and Triton is released every 8 weeks -- see https://www.tritondatacenter.com/downloads

And Triton object storage will have S3 support in the next release!

[edit: removed semicolon from link!]

While we do still ship KVM on SmartOS, we've moved development over to bhyve - https://docs.smartos.org/bhyve/

using our package manager pkgsrc [https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/], you can install the MTA of your choice too!

SmartOS is being actively developed since the aquisition from Joyent[1] in April 2022.

We've released a new version every two weeks post acquisition, and are continuing to develop and invest.

We also hold office hours events roughly every two weeks on Discord[2], and would love for you to stop by and ask any questions, or just listen along!

[1] https://www.tritondatacenter.com/blog/a-new-chapter-begins-f... [2]: https://discord.gg/v4NwA3Hqay

We're definitely seeing an uptick in interest for Triton Datacenter[1] from vSphere users looking for alternatives.

Aside from Triton, there's a quite a bit of interest in Proxmox and XCP-ng in the community.

While alternatives are gaining popularity, they certainly do not have the same ecosystem that VMware users are accustomed to. Organizations are going to have to pony up, or make concessions.

[1] https://www.tritondatacenter.com

Over here at https://mnx.io we fit that description, and we do our best to keep our IP space clean.

5,192,296,858,534,827,628,530,496,329,220,096 addresses assigned to an organization — can anyone think of valid reason to assign a /16?

Our team from Triton DataCenter & SmartOS[1] is also working on an immutable Linux distribution[2] based on Debian + ZFS + LXC.

Currently this is supported on Triton DataCenter only, but our internal roadmap has us building a standalone version similar to how folks use SmartOS standalone.

[1] https://www.tritondatacenter.com/smartos

[2] https://github.com/TritonDataCenter/linux-live

The choice doesn't have to be solely on-prem OR cloud. We're seeing a hybrid approach often as a first step. More predictable, fixed workloads can move back on-prem for cost-efficiency, while keeping elastic workloads in the cloud for flexibility.

The key to success is having the right on-prem solution to help bring both teams together while driving costs down. Our solution at Triton Datacenter (https://tritondatacenter.com) has helped various enterprises tackle this issue by providing a public cloud-like experience on-prem.

That’s a great experience with Linode.. We’re certainly expanding our options and with our recent acquisition of Joyent’s Triton DataCenter it’s also 100% open source — maybe one day we get to talk again! Thanks for the feedback too.

It does look to be a good price/value.. though I wonder if they continue with that under Akamai. We're at the $250/server price point -- and we include a number of items:

  - Realtime kernel/lib patching.
  - Patch management.
  - 24x7 monitoring and response.
  - Metric collections, alerting, and health reviews. 
  - Tuning and infrastructure best practices wherever you are (AWS/GCP/Azure/mnx/colo).
  - Ad-hoc support - example this week -- one customer who runs large ecommerce valentine day related -- needed eyes on all infrastructure.  We sat in slack with them, and huddled realtime to work through any issues.

I do understand.. and sometimes cheap is what you want. When you want something else -- like customer service, this is where mnx.io shines. I would consider mnx.io to be a boutique cloud provider, prioritize quality/reliability and customer service, allowing us to build close relationships with our customers. As a boutique provider, we know most of our customers by name and focus on providing the resources necessary to ensure reliable, long-term sustainability.

At MNX, we manage your infrastructure at your existing provider or ours (mnx.io) and provide 24x7 monitoring and response. Our customers usually have 10+ servers, and pricing starts at ~$2500/month.

https://mnx.io and would be happy to have you! We're a small team with great support -- since 2012.

We went down the Openstack path long ago.. but ended up choosing Triton DataCenter. The simplicity in operational support is just amazing. We’ve since acquired the commercial support business from Joyent this year for Triton.

Triton is much simpler to operate, manage and support - and we’ve never looked back!

Also pretty interesting, Equinix Metal appears to be using this product:

https://feedback.equinixmetal.com/changelog/new-kill-bill-bi...

https://metal.equinix.com/blog/under-the-hood-kill-bill/

As you've seen, we're open source -- https://github.com/tritondatacenter. There are tons of repos.. Mostly Nodejs and some golang/rust!

I really like this description of how baremetal infrastructure should work, and this is where I think (shameless self promotion) Triton DataCenter[1] plays really well today on-prem.

PXE booted lightweight compute nodes with a robust API, including operator portal, user portal, and cli.

Keep an eye out for the work we are doing with Triton Linux + K8s. Very lightweight Triton Linux compute node + baremetal k8s deployments on Triton.

[1] https://www.tritondatacenter.com

Triton DataCenter[1] is open source[2], and has commercial revenue in excess of $1M ARR. We were fortunate to acquire this product from Joyent earlier this year[3], and are now well on our way to the next revenue target.

Triton was built on the backs of giants -- so a slightly different scenario than most.. But it is clear that customers will pay for open source products, and you can more than pay your rent one day!

[1] https://www.tritondatacenter.com

[2] https://github.com/tritondatacenter

[3] https://www.mnxsolutions.com/triton-faq

MNX acquired[1] SmartOS (and Triton DataCenter) earlier this year from Samsung. We're continuing development and have continued with a bi-weekly release cycle.

[1] https://www.mnxsolutions.com/triton-faq

MNX Solutions (SmartOS/Triton DataCenter) | Senior Backend Developer | Monroe, MI or Remote (US Preferred) | Full time | $150k+ | 100% paid benefits

MNX has recently acquired Triton DataCenter[1] and commercial support business from Joyent[2], and we are working on building the next generation of the platform.

Take a look at the GitHub repo for an idea of what we're up to: https://github.com/tritondatacenter.

Ideally you'd be very experienced with Node.js to support the existing code base, and ready to explore Rust for new features.

https://www.mnxsolutions.com/careers/senior-backend-develope...

Reach me directly via my profile email to discuss in more detail.

[1] https://tritondatacenter.com

[2] https://www.joyent.com/blog/a-new-chapter-begins-for-triton-...

https://mnx.io -- We recently acquired Joyent Triton DataCenter[0,1,2] and commercial business, and are expanding our datacenter footprint this year.

Triton is open source[3], so you can run it in your own facility, at home, and our Public Cloud with the same experience.

[0] https://www.tritondatacenter.com

[1] https://www.joyent.com/blog/a-new-chapter-begins-for-triton-...

[2] https://www.mnxsolutions.com/triton-faq

[3] https://github.com/TritonDataCenter

We are in the process of building this team. This is one of the core hires for the product. With the transition, we brought on 3 existing team members from Joyent, and will be adding another 2-4 folks over the coming months.

MNX Solutions (SmartOS/Triton DataCenter) | Senior Backend Developer | Monroe, MI or Remote (US Preferred) | Full time | $150k+ +benefits 100% paid

MNX has recently acquired Triton DataCenter and commercial support business from Joyent[1], and we are working on building the next generation of the platform.

Take a look at the GitHub repo for an idea of what we're up to: https://github.com/tritondatacenter

Ideally you'd be very experienced with Node.js to support the existing code base, and ready to explore Rust for new features.

https://www.mnxsolutions.com/careers/senior-backend-develope...

[1] https://www.joyent.com/blog/a-new-chapter-begins-for-triton-...

MNX Solutions | REMOTE USA or ONSITE Monroe, MI

MNX solutions provides managed cloud infrastructure services, and cloud hosting at https://mnx.io. We also provide our cloud hosting solution as a product to other businesses and are building out the development team around this product.

Remote positions include:

* Linux System Administrator -- working on our managed cloud infrastructure team.

* Senior Developer (nodejs) - Working on Backend API, Frontend UI, Object Storage, and Cloud Orchestration Tools

Reach me nick [ at ] mnxsolutions com to learn more, and mention HN in your intro.

This is great information, and we've had similar experiences.

I'm also looking forward to further testing LinuxCN (https://github.com/joyent/linux-live/tree/linuxcn) on Triton in the near future!

Are you running Manta (https://github.com/joyent/manta) for anything? If so, is that meeting you needs for object storage?

We also run Triton on our public cloud @mnx.io

I would love to hear more about the replacement of VMware experience and any other Triton details good/bad.

I am very excited about what Oxide is doing, including how the work is being open sourced, and upstreamed.

I also love that they continued to bet on Illumos and am looking forward to the continued growth and development in the Illumos space.

I'd love to chat more about this!

We're a managed cloud infrastructure business (since 2006), and also run our own public cloud.. Reach out to me via nick at mnx io.

At a minimum, I'd be happy to give you some pointers in this space.

Immutable S3 storage is another method that we deploy when backing up servers like this..

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-security-...

Further, we also use Veeam to backup Linux servers.. a high level read on how it works with immutable storage:

https://www.veeam.com/blog/v11-immutable-backup-storage.html