We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and SUSE Linux Enterprise 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."
"Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
"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."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"We like that the virtualization is built in, so you don't have to spend extra money on buying licenses for a hypervisor."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues."
"It stands out for its exceptional stability."
"The tool’s idempotency ensures all configurations are in place at all times."
"It is a stable platform."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"It also was very easy to setup, and offered an easy to use advanced setup option as well. This helped to create special configurations for different use cases."
"It's a flexible solution."
"Linux is easy to use. You have more control on a Unix system."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the installation part...We don't face any issues related to the operating system or application."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"I believe before Oracle was using Oracle Linux, they were using Oracle Solaris for their customers who are using Oracle databases. This was because it was more optimized for the hardware built for it. It has good performance for the database only. However, if you take it out of the Oracle applications, it will not do well compared to other operating systems, such as Linux or even Windows can have better performance."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"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."
"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."
"Solaris is not easy to use. It needs better GUI, UI, and configuration tools."
"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 solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"The only stability issues that I can recall encountering with SUSE would be with KDE. However, that is limited to just the desktop environment as I have not had stability issues with most server functions."
"SUSE Linux could provide more information about cost and the details of how clustering works."
"The solution could be more stable."
"The platform doesn't support certain APMs."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"When working in a Department of Defense environment, Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) have to be followed. SLES is not really addressed directly here. It did make following security policy difficult."
"I would like to see better functionality for interacting with cloud-based systems."
"All distributions of Linux could use some improvement."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 47 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.8, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4. 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and Windows Server, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and Windows Server. See our Oracle Solaris vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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