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On the recordRead 8 Oct 202614 facts
OmniOS
Olten, Switzerland
Plans and prices
OmniOS Community Edition
Free
Open-source server OS · x86-64 only
Read 8 Oct 2026 · omnios.org
OmniOS Support Package
$500a year
Best-effort 4-hour reaction time · no guaranteed problem resolutions · weekly security updates as necessary · direct developer access for second-level support
Read 8 Oct 2026 · omnios.org
On the record
- Commercial support
- The support package includes weekly security updates as necessary, LTS releases with one year migration overlap, and direct developer access for second-level support.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Containers
- OmniOS can run lightweight OmniOS or Linux virtual machines in containers with resource controls.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Hardware virtualization
- The system provides hardware virtualization via bhyve and KVM, including for Windows and FreeBSD guests.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The Kayak installation framework supports network deployment and can build a single VM in less than two minutes, according to the project.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The OmniOS Community Edition Association is a Swiss association dedicated to continuing OmniOS support and releases.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Networking
- Crossbow virtual interfaces and switches support virtualized networking and resource allocation for services.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- OmniOS is an open-source server operating system based on illumos.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Release architecture
- All OmniOS releases are for x86-64 architecture only.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Release support
- Stable releases are supported for one year, while every fourth stable release is an LTS release supported for three years.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Its native ZFS filesystem combines volume management and filesystem features with data-integrity protection, and supports sharing via iSCSI, CIFS, and NFS.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support limitation
- The support contract offers a best-effort reaction time of four hours on its Gitter support channel and does not guarantee problem resolution.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Tracing
- DTrace provides dynamic tracing across the software stack for troubleshooting.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Updates
- OmniOS provides digitally signed package updates; LTS releases receive updates for three years.omnios.org · read 8 Oct 2026
