FAQ Friday

Frequently asked questions about Oxide and our product

Why Does Oxide Use Rust?

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What Skills Do You Need to Operate an Oxide System?

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Is Oxide HCI?

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Does Oxide oversubscribe?

┌───────────┐ │ │ │ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊╎▊▊▊⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ │ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊╎▊▊▊⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ │ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊╎▊▊▊⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ │ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊╎▊▊▊⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ │ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊╎▊▊▊⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ │ │ └───────────┘

How does multi-tenancy work in Oxide?

┌───┐ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ ┌───┐ ┌┴──┐│┌┴──┐│┌┴──┐│┌┴──┐│ │▊▊▊│││⎕⎕⎕│││⎕⎕⎕│││⎕⎕⎕││ │▊▊▊│││⎕⎕⎕│││⎕⎕⎕│││⎕⎕⎕││ │───│││───│││───│││───││ │───│││───│││───│││───││ │▊▊▊│││⎕⎕⎕│││⎕⎕⎕│││⎕⎕⎕││ │▊▊▊├┘│⎕⎕⎕├┘│⎕⎕⎕├┘│⎕⎕⎕├┘ └───┘ └───┘ └───┘ └───┘

Does Oxide phone home?

┌┐ ╎│ ──────────────── ╎│ ╎│ ──────────────────────■│ ╎│ ───────── ╎│ ╎│ ╎│ └┘

Is Oxide for virtual machines or containers?

▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊ ⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕⎕ ▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊

What is Oxide?

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