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."CentOS is very efficient and very powerful with many capabilities."
"It helps us install and deploy our applications."
"The most valuable features of CentOS are it is built from Linux, has good performance, and can we can create scripts. The scripts are you to do minor work automatically."
"It has minimal updates compared to other distributions."
"The open architecture is useful for us. That's why we're using CentOS."
"Its performance is most valuable. There is a performance boost as compared to when the applications are run on Windows OS."
"It’s a simple, straightforward implementation."
"I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"Oracle Solaris is pre-installed in our environment. Thus, it is simple to customize."
"We like that the virtualization is built in, so you don't have to spend extra money on buying licenses for a hypervisor."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"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."
"When comparing the GUI of CentOS to Microsoft Windows or Mac, it could improve."
"CentOS is very close to the end of life."
"Previous versions were unstable."
"If a proper GUI-based tool was connected remotely or on the machine, it could be a great addition to CentOS."
"More security features could be included in the next release."
"In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat."
"I would like the integration to be more secure."
"The performance could stand improvement."
"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."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"I believe before Oracle was using Oracle Linux, they were using Oracle Solaris for their customers who are using Oracle databases. This was because it was more optimized for the hardware built for it. It has good performance for the database only. However, if you take it out of the Oracle applications, it will not do well compared to other operating systems, such as Linux or even Windows can have better performance."
"They could also enable Oracle OEM for x86 architecture as well."
"This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"The Solaris code is open, and the documentation is accessible to all, not only to registered users. Also, the documentation does not support some solutions, and there are no other options."
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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