Originally SMTX ELF
SECP Compute
Seamless VMware Virtualization Replacement for Mission-Critical Business Scenarios
SECP Compute (Originally SMTX ELF) is a production-grade KVM-based virtualization software, providing full-stack virtualization management, flexible scheduling for multi-architecture CPUs and AI processors, and smooth replacement of VMware virtualization. It also powers high-performance heterogeneous compute for both steady-state traditional applications and agile modern applications.
SECP Compute supports external storage and can be combined with ZBS for powerful hyperconverged virtualization.
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Why SECP Compute
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Deployment Architecture & Components
Key Features & Capabilities
Replace VMware vSphere
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Why SECP Compute
Self-Developed Core Components. Key components, such as the cluster file system, are fully developed in-house without relying on open-source solutions like OCFS2, ensuring core stability and long-term product sustainability.
High Performance & Business Continuity. Delivers comprehensive optimization across compute, devices, networking, and storage, paired with multi-dimensional high availability to ensure both top-tier performance and uninterrupted continuity for critical workloads.
Defense-in-Depth Security & Compliance. Provides layered protection covering hosts, networks, virtual machines, and business data to meet stringent security and compliance requirements for mission-critical operations.
Seamless VMware Migration. Equipped with live, large-scale migration tools and fully compatible with mainstream VMware backup and antivirus solutions.
Recognized by Industry Leaders & Gartner
2,000
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Customers’ Choice
15,000
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VMs Max. Single-Customer Deployment Scale
9 Yrs+
Max. Single-Customer Running Duration
3 Yrs
Gartner Recommended Server Virtualization Vendor
Deployment Architecture & Components
SECP Compute can be deployed on mainstream CPUs, servers, and operating systems. It connects to storage resources via protocols such as FC and iSCSI over mainstream fiber optic or Ethernet switches to build a unified virtualized resource pool.
SECP Compute deployment architecture: from bottom to top — mainstream storage arrays, fibre/Ethernet switches, mainstream CPU and server, the enterprise server virtualisation software stack (CloudTower, ELF, VCFS, virtual networking, host OS), the resource pool, and guest operating systems.
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Compute Virtualization & Management | ELF
A production-grade hypervisor built on KVM that provides enterprise-grade virtualization capabilities, including virtual machine execution, compute resource management, device virtualization, and high availability.
Unified Management & Operations | CloudTower
Provides unified management for virtualized clusters, virtual machines, resources, and system O&M, while supporting multi-cluster management, monitoring & alerting, online upgrades, APIs, and command-line interfaces.
Virtual Networking
Carries both system networks and VM business networks through distributed virtual switches. It supports VLAN, QoS, MTU, traffic visualization, and ensures network continuity during VM migration and node failure scenarios.
Storage Virtualization & Management | Cluster File System VCFS
An independently developed cluster file system designed for virtualized production environments. It delivers enterprise-grade shared storage capabilities and utilizes a user-space architecture to reduce dependency on the host kernel, enabling independent upgrades, easy issue localization, and fault isolation.
Key Features & Capabilities
SECP Compute provides full-lifecycle capabilities across infrastructure adaptation, virtual machine (VM) execution, and platform O&M. Enhanced in performance, business continuity, and security compliance, SECP Compute helps enterprises reliably run mission-critical workloads and seamlessly replace existing virtualization platforms.

Lifecycle Management

Built upon fundamental VM lifecycle management, SECP Compute simplifies multi-cluster and multi-datacenter VM management via templates and content libraries, accelerating service rollout.

  • VM Templates: Batch-create VMs using templates to eliminate repetitive tasks, speed up application deployment, and optimize storage utilization.
  • Content Library: Enables O&M teams to share and distribute resources across multiple clusters, centralizing management of scattered VM templates and ISO images.
Seamlessly Replace VMware with Production-Grade Virtualization
As a key capability of the SmartX Enterprise Cloud Platform, SECP Compute delivers advanced virtualization features comparable to vSphere Enterprise Plus (VEP). It meets the demands of high-performance computing applications while enabling simpler, more efficient virtual machine operations and management.
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Virtualization layer replacement: VMware vSphere is smoothly replaced by SECP Compute with capabilities comparable to VEP, covering high availability, DRS, SR-IOV, GPU passthrough and live migration; business applications and VMs on top, servers and storage below