We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and Windows Server 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."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues."
"The product's most valuable feature is partitioning resources and optimizing hardware utilization effectively."
"This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support."
"It works well. It is very stable and very good. It is also very safe. It cannot be easily infected by viruses or attacks."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"It stands out for its exceptional stability."
"Solaris's best features are high availability, robustness, and database hosting."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the Active Directory. I have had good experience with Windows Server."
"A valuable feature of Windows Server has been the performance. We have done all the redundancy and fault tolerance things to protect our servers and, so far, so good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is it works well overall."
"Windows Server is running well, the performance is good, there are no issues and it is stable."
"The installation is not difficult. I found it to be very straightforward."
"The support that Microsoft provides for this is very good."
"I like the views in the user interface."
"I have found the solution to be flexible and easy to use."
"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."
"Setting up Oracle Solaris can be complex because it requires more commands than other systems."
"The challenge arises from the differences in commands and configurations compared to more common systems like Linux."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"The primary drawback with this product is the lack of version updates."
"More monitoring tools could be included in the product."
"While the solution is stable, it could be more so."
"The solution's licensing price is on the expensive side."
"We are waiting for the solution to be more secure and more stable."
"They could make it more company-specific to some of the tools that we use."
"The solution's licensing cost is expensive and could be improved."
"The solution is old so it is not user friendly. I assume that he newer versions would be better than our current one."
"One area for improvement in Windows Server is the basic administration tools and scripts, which have become less reliable and functional over time."
"We have not had an issue with the stability of this solution. However, there could be some improvements."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. 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 Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and Google Chrome Enterprise, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Windows Server report.
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