An Open Compute cloud at about half the AWS price
An Open Compute Project cloud runs on servers, storage, and racks built to OCP, the open hardware standard Facebook started in 2011. Sanapptx runs one for mid-market companies, on SmartOS and Triton software. You run workloads on it without buying any hardware, and escalations go to the engineers who run the racks.
What the Open Compute Project is
Facebook publishes its server designs and starts the Open Compute Project
In 2011, Facebook had just built its own data center and designed its own servers to fill it. Instead of keeping those designs private, it published them and started the Open Compute Project so other companies could build on the same work. The idea was to treat hardware the way the industry already treated open source software: publish the specs, let anyone improve them, and let anyone build to them.
The Open Compute Project Foundation now runs that effort. Its mission is to apply the benefits of open source and open collaboration to hardware, and to speed up innovation in and around the data center. Microsoft and Google later joined and contributed designs of their own. The specs cover the parts a cloud is made of: compute and GPU servers, storage, network equipment, power, and racks.
Those designs came out of companies that run millions of servers and count every watt.
Most mid-market companies reach OCP hardware only by renting capacity from a hyperscaler that sets its own price. A provider-run OCP cloud puts the same designs within reach of a company with 100 to 2,000 people.
Why open hardware matters for your bill
No premium for a brand-name chassis
The OCP designs are open, so no single vendor controls them. You aren't paying for one brand's proprietary chassis.
Less hardware per workload
OCP servers leave out what a data center doesn't need, like front bezels and decorative plastic. Power is shared at the rack instead of built into every server.
Open at the software layer too
SmartOS and Triton are open source. When a vendor rewrites its licensing, as Broadcom did after buying VMware in 2023, your platform cost doesn't move with it.
The Sanapptx OCP cloud
Our cloud runs on Open Compute hardware. SmartOS, an open source operating system, runs virtual machines and containers side by side on each server and stores data on ZFS, encrypted at rest with AES-256 through the ZFS Cryptographic Framework. Triton manages those servers as one cloud, handling provisioning, networking, and capacity across the racks. We operate it from data centers in Dallas, Texas, load balanced across the U.S.
You don't buy servers from us. You run workloads on our cloud, pay for the capacity you use, and scale up or down as the business changes. Because the platform software is open source, there's no hypervisor license in the bill.
Hosting puts your applications and servers on this platform. Cloud management covers it alongside whatever you already run in Microsoft 365, Azure, or AWS.
You can move in stages: the workloads with the clearest savings first, with anything that belongs in Microsoft 365, Azure, or AWS left where it is. Workloads still on VMware can be consolidated first and moved after, which takes them off per-core VMware licensing.
Specifications
| Hardware standard | Open Compute Project |
|---|---|
| Operating system | SmartOS |
| Orchestration | Triton |
| Storage encryption | AES-256, ZFS Cryptographic Framework |
| Data centers | Dallas, TX, load balanced across the U.S. |
| Billing | Pay for the capacity you use |
| Price | About 50% of AWS or IBM |
How Sanapptx and SCS fit together
Smart Cloud Solutions (SCS) is an Open Compute Solution Provider running SmartOS and Triton software. SCS and Sanapptx are both part of Sovren Technologies.
Sanapptx is the support and operations division of SCS. We run the cloud day to day and take the call when you need help. You deal with one team for the platform and the support behind it.
That's the difference between our cloud and a reseller's. A reseller buys capacity from a hyperscaler, adds a margin, and passes your tickets up the chain. We work on the hardware itself, under the same parent company as SCS.
| Parent company | Sovren Technologies |
|---|---|
| Open Compute provider | Smart Cloud Solutions (SCS), running SmartOS and Triton software |
| Support and operations | Sanapptx, the team you call |
About half the cost of AWS or IBM
Workloads on our OCP cloud cost about 50% of what they cost on AWS or IBM. Owning the hardware and using open designs both remove cost a reseller can't avoid. Paying for the capacity you use, instead of an instance sized for your busiest day, removes more.
Bring your current AWS, Azure, or IBM bill to the consultation. What won't be on ours: hardware bought up front, or a server refresh every few years.
Relative cost
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Frequently asked questions
What is an Open Compute Project cloud?
It's a cloud built on hardware that follows the Open Compute Project's published designs for servers, storage, networking, power, and racks. Facebook started OCP in 2011. Ours runs SmartOS and Triton on that hardware.
Is Open Compute hardware ready for production workloads?
OCP designs came out of companies running production at very large scale, including Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Our network operations center (NOC) monitors the platform 24/7.
Who is SCS, and how is it related to Sanapptx?
SCS is Smart Cloud Solutions, the OCP provider behind our platform. SCS and Sanapptx are both part of Sovren Technologies, and Sanapptx is the support and operations division of SCS.
Where is our data physically stored?
In our Dallas, Texas data centers.
How is data on the OCP cloud protected?
See the specs above. Our NOC monitors the platform 24/7.
Can we move workloads back to AWS or Azure later?
Your workloads run on open source software, so they aren't locked to a proprietary hypervisor. Moving them is still a migration project, and we plan it with you.
What kinds of workloads run well on it?
We sort that out in the inventory step. If a workload depends on a service only one hyperscaler offers, it can stay there in a hybrid setup.
Do we need to buy or manage any OCP hardware ourselves?
No. We own the hardware, and our engineers maintain it.
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