We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and Ubuntu Linux 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 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."
"This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"One of the main features of this solution is the ease of use."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"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."
"Oracle Solaris is great due to the fact that it actually is meant for high-end servers."
"Oracle Solaris provides an ease of use."
"I like the fact that I can make it very secure with my own knowledge, which makes it different from Windows that does things in the background by magic, and you hope that it's secure. I like the availability of starting with Linux with totally minimal permissions for anybody and then increasing it on an as-needed basis. This is probably the most important to me."
"As we have repositories in my country, the ease of use and the open source nature of the solution are valuable features."
"There are many good automation features in Ubuntu."
"It is a widely used and stable solution. Community members can offer support and technical guidance."
"Linux-based operating system with good stability, good patching, and a straightforward setup."
"The tool is stable. It can automate the updates like Microsoft."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is more powerful because you have more control over it."
"More monitoring tools could be included in the product."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"Currently, there are two variants, there's SPARC and there's x86. I would have wanted a scenario where they're all just one product."
"This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today."
"They could also enable Oracle OEM for x86 architecture as well."
"The product should provide more automation."
"I would recommend they improve the network security, because it can be very difficult. I mentioned that when you upgrade Ubuntu, the network cut is always deactivated, so you have to restart the service to reactivate the network. It is important to improve this ability."
"Its interface could be improved and made richer."
"At times, it can be complex when we are trying to integrate or when we are trying to set up some features."
"People with a Windows background may not find the solution's user interface user-friendly."
"The solution could be more stable and secure."
"The solution is a little complicated to customize and could be made easier."
"The user interface needs to be more user-friendly."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. 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 Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise and CentOS, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 10. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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