We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Windows 10 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Red Hat, Canonical, Oracle and others in Operating Systems (OS) for Business."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"We like that the virtualization is built in, so you don't have to spend extra money on buying licenses for a hypervisor."
"It works well. It is very stable and very good. It is also very safe. It cannot be easily infected by viruses or attacks."
"Its networking has helped me combine the power of a neural network with the benefits of virtualization to improve the AI's performance."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"One of the main features of this solution is the 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."
"RHEL is stable, mature, and relatively easy to handle. I'm pretty confident in it. We haven't had to raise a serious support ticket for any server in I don't know how many years."
"We also use Ansible. Ansible is a wonderful tool for automation. We use it to automate our patching. We use Ansible to get playbooks to take care of anything that's manual."
"I prefer AIX, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux is cheaper."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux stands out for its stability and support, which are critical for enterprise applications in the finance sector. We don't want any downtime, so we need fast support support and quick issue resolution."
"The most valuable feature is the reliability of Red Hat's support."
"We have used many of the Linux-based operating systems for production purposes, but this is the only solution that guarantees performance and scalability. When we run industry servers, they demand high performance."
"Its scalability and ease of setup and configuration are most valuable. When we have a hardware failure, we just save the configuration files, and in about half an hour, we have another server running with the same configuration. It is really easy to replace servers. This is the best feature."
"The security it provides is one of the most important features, as are the support and the documentation. The latter helps me to do everything."
"It's quite simple to install. I don't think that it's a problem. It takes maybe half an hour or less to install. It depends on the specs of the PC and what you need to do in advance, like backing up your drives. At most, it takes an hour."
"It's stable, with good performance."
"I think that they have been doing a great job for a long time now when it comes to installation and user experience."
"It offers an easy user experience for our customers."
"Windows 10 is user-friendly and very easy to get a compatible driver for the hardware."
"We have found the solution to be stable."
"I have found that the solution is easy to use, intuitive, and has a good user interface."
"I like that Windows 10 is easy to use."
"The primary drawback with this product is the lack of version updates."
"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."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"We had issues migrating from the old to the new RHEL version in the virtual environment. It forced us to spin up a new virtual environment to have the new RHEL version."
"The Cockpit interface needs improvement with more features. The information for implementing Red Hat Cluster could be also improved. And there could also be better performance monitoring."
"I'm also using IBM AIX, which supports a tool called Smitty. You just put Smitty, and you can do anything. At the backend, the command will run automatically. It is not exactly like a GUI, but you just give the input and it will give you the output. That is something that Red Hat should work on. That would be an added advantage with Red Hat."
"The package compatibility between different releases is a little confusing sometimes."
"The support can be lackluster sometimes, especially in our disconnected space where we have specific requirements."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's ability to run containerized applications is not optimized and has room for improvement."
"The GUI has room for improvement. It needs to be managed by many administrators. It has basic command lines. They could improve it with better automation. We'd like to be able to create a script, and then have the ability to deploy it where we don't need to write everything manually. That part can be useful for automating."
"I am not happy with the tool's support. It is difficult to find knowledgeable people. It's hard to troubleshoot."
"The user interface could improve for the Portuguese language and more features should be added."
"The pricing could always be lower."
"The price could be cheaper. If they want to compete with Linux, they need to actually come out at a lesser cost."
"The core of the operating system needs work to become more stable and less complex. The need to occasionally re-install should not be necessary."
"Nowadays, everything needs to be online, which I do not prefer. I prefer a few files, few applications to be available offline without connecting to the cloud."
"I would like to have more security."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"Windows 10 could be a little faster."
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