Triton DataCenter Reviews & Product Details

We deployed Triton DataCenter for our on-premises private cloud infrastructure. What I appreciate most is its seamless integration of virtualization and container management within a single platform. A few features that also stand out are the built-in cloud firewall, granular access controls, prebuilt images, multi-tenancy, and a nice end user portal.

The bare-metal virtualization delivers exceptional performance for our database hosts, allowing us to maximize our hardware utilization without the overhead typically associated with traditional virtualization solutions. The included API made it straightforward to integrate with our existing systems and third-party applications. Additionally, the ease of ongoing maintenance is a real plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Triton DataCenter offers a robust set of features, the initial setup and configuration required a learning curve for our team. More comprehensive documentation and user guides would have been beneficial to expedite the onboarding process. However, once we navigated these initial challenges with the help of the Triton support team, the platform proved to be highly efficient and reliable for our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you know anything about our history, independence and self-reliance are core to who we are. Triton Datacenter perfectly aligns with that mission. It provides a powerful, efficient infrastructure that lets us run all our app’s and workloads without relying on big tech or bloated platforms. The performance is top tier! If you’re looking for a feature rich platform while staying efficient and secure, Triton is a clear choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Getting Triton up and running isn’t exactly a walk in the park, especially with the command line interface. The setup process felt a bit overwhelming, and Triton would benefit a ton from more detailed examples or walkthroughs to guide you. We had to go through a bit of trial and error before we were fully firing on all cylinders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Triton DataCenter makes setting up private clouds really easy. Advanced topics like availability zones, syncing images, packages and users are already implemented and can easily be used. The documentation is very good and helps understanding the product features. The underlying technology (like SmartOS, ZFS, native zones, etc.) is very solid. The installation is well documented and easy - hundreds of nodes can be installed very fast as soon as hardware and network are ready. Updates are frequent and updating is a defined and well thought out process. Setups can be air gapped and live behind firewalls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most potential users and administrators might dislike the absence of a user web gui or a user portal in the open source version of Triton DataCenter. Which might be a reason to dismiss it during evaluations.

Another issue is the absence of a loadbalancer service (apart from dns loadbalancing) and of shared storage (although that might be an advantage, as well). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Build on proven technologies like Zones, BHyve, Crossbow, DTrace, SMF and ZFS Triton has a very solid technical foundation. Whether you want to go heavy with hardware VM's (BHyve) or light with containers (Zones) Triton offers both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While many things are batteries included in Triton, it requires knowledge to maintain and set up. So either this knowledge needs to be in your organization or you need to outsource it to a provider such as MNX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Triton allows us to facilitate the resource capabilities of our Linux LXC & LXD containers with its superb compute node architecture. It ensures that all our operating systems are up-to-date and automatically installs security patches. It also overviews the LXD daemon and promotes a unified user experience while working with Linux containers. The scalability & flexibility features are also great as its image-based deployment platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's pricy when compared to other infrastructure providers. If you're running a startup business with limited computational requirements, Triton would not be much desirable in the long run. It's suitable for mid-scale companies with defined resource accords that can manage cloud expenditures within their customer budgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joyent Triton has executive way that every holder is really its own Solaris (smartos) zone is immaculate obviously, since it mitigates various security concerns which would as a rule cause a somewhat more included arrangement. Additionally its theoretically much cleaner to deal with only one datacenter with heaps of holders rather than one datacenter with possibly numerous hosts (aws) and compartments running in those. Furthermore, treatment of picture stockpiling and host the board (there isn't generally any) is additionally dealt with consequently. I truly cherished the way that Triton was first to advertise with a genuinely unendingly marketable compartment arrangement. The group behind Triton have had quick stable deliveries that that have included various incredible highlights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No datacenter in Germany (which implies a few administrations for clinical and government related clients can't be facilitated with Triton). In any case, SDC is open-source so we may have the option to utilize similar tech on our own workers. Some Docker highlights are not upheld yet. Running docker holders works incredible and similarly as simple true to form, yet when beginning with certain docker pictures or simply attempting to get something up utilizing docker-make and so on which depends on simply such highlights requires in any event a base comprehension of what docker does precisely to get this issue comprehended. One such element is port remapping. While not required in fact, since every compartment has its own ip and fundamentally is its own vm (zone), it makes first contact somewhat more included in light of the fact that most activities out there are composed with the supposition that port remapping works and accordingly the boundary to section for eval is only somewhat higher. This may cause devs to excuse the programming interface as not up to creation needs. I couldn’t yet discover approaches to utilize a portion of the incomparable ZFS highlights that we depend on vigorously on our own workers, for example, depictions, preview move, or the capacity to guarantee two holder to run on a similar physical host, yet we havent explored much here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the technology being used (SmartOS, ZFS, Solaris Zones, KVM/BHYVE), the performance of the server instances and their support. Their support is top notch and I have regularly dealt with engineer level support staff anytime there was a problem that popped up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The web interface for managing services is very feature complete but can be fairly slow at times. Hoping they improve that soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really loved the fact that Triton was first to market with a truly infinitely salable container solution. The team behind Triton have had fast stable releases that that have added a number of great features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Triton was early to market and there were kinks to work out when it came to adopting docker plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its generally quite easy to get started and performance is great. The fact that each container is actually its own solaris (smartos) zone is perfect of course, since it alleviates a number of security concerns which would usually cause a slightly more involved setup.

Also its conceptually much cleaner to handle just one datacenter with lots of containers instead of one datacenter with potentially many hosts (aws) and containers running in all of those. And handling of image storage and host management (there isnt really any) is also taken care of automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- No datacenter in germany (which means some services for medical and government related customers cannot be hosted with Triton). But SDC is open-source so we might be able to use the same tech on our own servers.

- Some Docker features are not supported yet. Running docker containers works great and just as easy as expected, but when getting started with certain docker images or just trying to get something up using docker-compose etc which relies on just such features requires at least a minimum understanding of what docker does exactly to get this problem solved.

One such feature is port remapping. While not needed technically, since each container has its own ip and basically is its own vm (zone), it makes first contact a little more involved because most projects out there are written with the assumption that port remapping works and thus the barrier to entry for eval is just a little higher. This might cause devs to dismiss the api as not up to production needs.

See https://github.com/joyent/sdc-docker/tree/master/docs/api/features

- I couldnt yet find ways to use some of the great ZFS features that we rely on heavily on our own servers, such as snapshots, snapshot transfer, or the ability to ensure two container to run on the same physical host, but we havent investigated much here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The key features are dtrace, zfs and zones. The addition of lx_brand/docker are amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Triton on-prem is clearly for larger organisations. A slimmed down version for single server set-ups or smaller organisations would be great.

The operator / admin portal is not as flexible as it could be. It gets the job done but it could be friendlier and could handle more advanced tasks from the UI directly without having to go to the CLI.

Pricing is a huge put-off. While the technology is great when compared to the existing vendors/solutions for public/private clouds it is very difficult to sell. Vmware, EC2, Microsoft (onprem or Azure) are all cheaper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.