We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Windows Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"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 backup capabilities are quite good."
"Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"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."
"This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"Solaris's best features are high availability, robustness, and database hosting."
"It eases the burden by restricting the use of open-source Linux and preventing the development community from obtaining their own images. This is crucial for maintaining a secure supply chain and ensuring the lockdown of live Linux packages."
"Copious documentation is probably the best feature of the solution."
"We find the Red Hat Satellite deployments very useful. It integrates well with other solutions."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I like most of the features. I like its stability. I like its views. It provides a very stable environment."
"Support is most valuable. If a customer has a problem with a feature or a bug, we can open a support case for that, and the issue is resolved or taken care of. That's the main benefit of the product."
"Resiliency-wise, the solution is very good."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has good support and doesn't have many outages due to the OS."
"What I like about Windows Server is that it is an effective and useful solution for my needs."
"It is stable and scalable."
"I feel the solution to be stable."
"The stability of the Windows Server is good."
"This solution is very user friendly, easy to use for any system administrator, simple to deploy applications, has a wide range of applications available, great UI, and takes less technical skills to operate than some other competitors."
"Most applications are compatible with this operating system."
"This solution is easy to use."
"The product’s performance is good."
"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."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"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."
"I would love to see improvements in SVM, so file systems could be increased or migrated without downtime to the environment, similar to what ZFS is capable of."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"If it could support other file systems, it would be better."
"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."
"When we switch over to Solaris it was not easy because we had some troubles with the performance. Solaris is from Oracle and you would expect that it would run flawlessly, but we had some issues in sizing the previous Linux environment to the Solaris environment."
"I would like Insight to include some features from OpenSCAP, which they offer for compliance services. I played with it a little bit, but haven't gotten the updated setup to get that. It creates excellent documentation."
"I would like training to be added to the subscription. It would be useful for when you have to train yourself or get a certification. There are many things that we are not using because we don't know how to use them. Having training included in the subscription would help us in learning more things and utilizing the full power of the solution."
"A feature that I would like to see in the image builder is the ability to open the image in live mode and access a command line interface."
"The integration with the apps and support there could be better."
"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."
"The cockpit server doesn't work and is useless. I don't like the images shown in GCP. I prefer the ones in AWS. It seems like the solution is in tune with what we deploy on the private cloud."
"Workstations: More applications for graphics."
"I would like to see additional features, including automation and the introduction of AI/ML-based tools within Red Hat to handle manual tasks that humans are required to do."
"Microsoft needs to expand to integrate the Windows Server with Azure and Linux distribution to provide a simple container environment for running dockerized applications."
"The product has certain shortcomings related to security capability in the area of incident response, making it the tool's component where improvements are required."
"Windows Server needs to improve stability and pricing."
"The price could be a little less. It's a bit expensive."
"But one issue I have with Windows Server is the limit on the number of concurrent sessions. You cannot have more than three simultaneous users unless you activate a license. You have to install it so that more people can access the applications simultaneously."
"The Windows server image was quite large and took some time to be installed."
"The compatibility and the ease of use are areas that I would like to see improved."
"The solution needs to be more stable and secure."
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