We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and SUSE Linux Enterprise 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."Oracle Solaris is great due to the fact that it actually is meant for high-end servers."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system."
"Oracle Solaris provides an ease of use."
"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 ability to manipulate the zones and the files within the zones from a global OS provides us flexibility that no other virtualization can match."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"YaST simplifies the server management of SUSE allowing for a centralized utility to control most of the server functions."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"It's easy to set up."
"The most valuable feature is that there is an inbuilt HANA firewall."
"It's a flexible solution."
"The tool’s idempotency ensures all configurations are in place at all times."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is stable."
"It is not easy to use. It doesn't have a user-friendly interface. It should be easy to use. We are planning to move from Solaris to Linux because Linux is more flexible and user-friendly. Its installation should also be easier. Solaris also needs specific hardware to work well, which is another reason why we are moving to Linux. It should be more flexible in terms of hardware. It should have better integration with other hardware platforms."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"If it could support other file systems, it would be better."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"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."
"Solaris is not easy to use. It needs better GUI, UI, and configuration tools."
"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 initial setup could be simplified."
"They should improve their educational portal."
"I have not been overly impressed with their technical support."
"We have had trouble integrating Autodesk with the SUSE manager."
"I don't like the frequency of updates, especially if they're only from the vendor."
"SUSE Linux could provide more information about cost and the details of how clustering works."
"When working in a Department of Defense environment, Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) have to be followed. SLES is not really addressed directly here. It did make following security policy difficult."
"In the next release it would be nice to see more integration and better automation of processses."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and CentOS, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and Windows Server. See our Oracle Solaris vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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