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Keep in mind that Helios is really just an implementation detail of the rack; like Hubris[0], it's not something visible to the user or to applications. (The us
by bcantrill 3y ago
Keep in mind that Helios is really just an implementation detail of the rack; like Hubris[0], it's not something visible to the user or to applications. (The user of the rack provisions VMs.)
As for why an illumos derivative and not something else, we expanded on this a bit in our Q&A when we shipped our first rack[1] -- and we will expand on it again in the (recorded) discussion that we will have later today.[2]
[0] https://hubris.oxide.computer/ https://hubris.oxide.computer/
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5Mk_IggE0&t=2556s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P5Mk_IggE0&t=2556s
[2] https://mastodon.social/@bcantrill/111840269356297809 https://mastodon.social/@bcantrill/111840269356297809
- kaliszad 3y agoPerhaps you could talk a bit about the distributed storage based on Crucible with ZFS as the backing storage tonight. I would really love to hear some of the details and challenges there.
- bcantrill 3y agoYes! Crucible[0] is on our list of upcoming episodes. We can touch on it tonight, but it's really deserving of its own deep dive! [0] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/crucible https://github.com/oxidecomputer/crucible
- panick21_ 3y agoThe timing of your podcast is the least convenient thing ever for us poor Europeans. And then the brutal wait the next day until its uploaded. The only thing I miss about Twitter Spaces is that you could listen the morning after.
- kaliszad 3y agoYes (hello from Czechia), however there will always be somebody who this is inconvenient for. Also, I have to confess I was at times immersed in other work that I made a few Oxide and Friends live. I might stay up tonight. I am looking forward to the crucible episode. It sounds like it could be a startup on its own, it wouldn't be the first distributed file/ storage system company.
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