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."It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"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."
"One of the main features of this solution is the ease of use."
"Its networking has helped me combine the power of a neural network with the benefits of virtualization to improve the AI's performance."
"Oracle Solaris is pre-installed in our environment. Thus, it is simple to customize."
"Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"We can scale the solution if we need to."
"What I like about Windows Server is that it is an effective and useful solution for my needs."
"It is stable, scalable, flexible, and easy to use."
"The solution is very easy to configure."
"We use this solution for hosting applications on the server."
"The product is scalable."
"The simplicity of the solution is the most valuable aspect."
"The performance is very good."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"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."
"Solaris is not easy to use. It needs better GUI, UI, and configuration tools."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"If it could support other file systems, it would be better."
"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."
"The Windows server image was quite large and took some time to be installed."
"While the solution is stable, it could be more so."
"The security suffers the same issues as our Windows 10 for endpoint deployments. It could be more secure."
"The solution could improve by making it more secure."
"Security is the main feature that needs improvement"
"The on premises to cloud migration should be easier."
"I find ethernet configuration and implementation difficult."
"It would be better if the license had a longer lifetime."
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 SUSE Linux Enterprise. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Windows Server report.
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