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by nwilkens 8mo ago
The SmartOS release changelog for reference: https://us-central.manta.mnx.io/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/sm...
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by nwilkens 8mo ago
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/TritonDataCen
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by nwilkens 1y ago
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 M
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Moving from Homebrew to Pkgsrc(neirac.srht.site)
3 points by nwilkens 2y ago|0 comments
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by nwilkens 3y ago
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 ev
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by nwilkens 3y ago
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 ar
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by nwilkens 3y ago
Over here at https://mnx.io we fit that description, and we do our best to keep our IP space clean.
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2630::/16 CAPITAL-ONE-INTERNAL-01(whois.arin.net)
6 points by nwilkens 3y ago|2 comments
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by nwilkens 3y ago
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?
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by nwilkens 3y ago
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
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by nwilkens 3y ago
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
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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.
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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 ma
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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 cus
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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.
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by nwilkens 4y ago
https://mnx.io and would be happy to have you! We're a small team with great support -- since 2012.
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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 mu
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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&#x2F
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by nwilkens 4y ago
As you've seen, we're open source -- https://github.com/tritondatacenter . There are tons of repos.. Mostly Nodejs and some golang/rust!
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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, i
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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 o
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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 Jo
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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.
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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 Joyen
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A New Chapter Begins for Triton and SmartOS(joyent.com)
4 points by nwilkens 4y ago|0 comments
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by nwilkens 4y ago
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
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by nwilkens 5y ago
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! Ar
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by nwilkens 5y ago
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.

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