1. SmartOS
Powering High-Performance Cloud Infrastructure
Key Use Cases Joyent SmartOS provides a combination of hardware and
Support High-Demand operating system (OS) virtualization to support efficient, reliable
Applications
Run mobile apps that get a and high performing cloud computing. SmartOS contains
million+ API calls a day,
without a hitch. CPU bursting critical features that give enterprises and service providers the
automatically delivers superior
performance when you need it best tools for managing and protecting applications and data
most, so end users never
experience a system and for troubleshooting problems in the production
slowdown.
Protect Customer Data
environment as they arise, so that SmartOS-powered clouds
Make sure multi-tenant
systems have built-in security
never go down.
characteristics that protect
applications and data, so your
A Strong Foundation Security and Data Integrity
cloud is ready for clients in
regulated industries.
Foundational software for clouds must be: The ZFS file system architecture in
SmartOS protects each client’s data
Grow with Customer Needs
set and protects against silent data
SmartOS supports ultra-fast
provisioning and workloads corruption, so data security and
deprovisioning, so system integrity stay high. ZFS also structures
administrators can create and authorized users storage resources to give you the
destroy virtual machines (and
speed of local storage, with the
add customers) quickly and
easily. A new virtual efficiency of virtualized SAN without
environment can be ready in corrected before they cause an interruption in service the need for expensive, redundant
minutes to meet growing
arrays.
business needs.
SmartOS, the foundation of Joyent SmartDataCenter
Raise Resource Utilization cloud infrastructure platform, delivers a better solution Fair Controls on Resources
Carefully calibrate service
that exceeds these key requirements. Guarantee speed and performance
levels with pre-set CPU and
network resource caps. for every application with
Clouds running SmartOS can Scaling Up and Out sophisticated controls that manage
reach utilization rates of more Clouds must deliver an excellent quality of service to every access to shared CPU, I/O and
than 70% via OS-level
virtualization.
client’s applications. SmartOS contains an automatic CPU memory resources across a
bursting capability that allows it to scale to meet multi-tenant environment. You can
unexpected spikes in demand. It’s also fast and easy to also virtualize network interface cards,
INQUIRIES: add new client environments, called SmartMachines, to to be able to offer unique IP
sales@joyent.com add new capacity for growing workloads over time. addresses to each customer.
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