We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap 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."The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of setup."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues."
"Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"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."
"Oracle Solaris is great due to the fact that it actually is meant for high-end servers."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"I would love to see improvements in SVM, so file systems could be increased or migrated without downtime to the environment, similar to what ZFS is capable of."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"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."
"The primary drawback with this product is the lack of version updates."
"This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today."
"Setting up Oracle Solaris can be complex because it requires more commands than other systems."
"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."
openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), whereas Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and SUSE Linux Enterprise. See our Oracle Solaris vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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