We performed a comparison between CentOS and Oracle Solaris based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's easy to install."
"The product offers a free community-based version."
"It helps us install and deploy our applications."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"The stability of this solution is its most useful feature. It is a high quality product and you know what you're getting. You also receive wide support from the community."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It is a stable soultion."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"We use the solution as an internal operating system."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"Solaris' best feature is its stability."
"Oracle Solaris was the preferred operating system for their customers to run their databases on and to get the best performance. It performs well with Oracle applications. Additionally, there are some features inside that are called zones which are Linux containers."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"The product's most valuable feature is partitioning resources and optimizing hardware utilization effectively."
"Continuous deployment is the only thing that can be improved."
"As an open-source solution, there isn't much technical support."
"CentOS could be improved by being more secure. Of course, we use a firewall, but security is always a concern."
"The tool has no official support."
"This solution is no longer supported and will not receive any updates going forward."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat."
"Lacks sufficient security and some coding tools."
"The challenge arises from the differences in commands and configurations compared to more common systems like Linux."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"Setting up Oracle Solaris can be complex because it requires more commands than other systems."
"If it could support other file systems, it would be better."
"They could also enable Oracle OEM for x86 architecture as well."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered backend management. In the 11.4 version, Oracle added a management console. It would be great if we maybe had a user management tool to go with it."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of CentOS writes "Allows you to securely store data, and command prompts make it simple to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and Windows 10, whereas Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and Windows Server. See our CentOS vs. Oracle Solaris report.
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