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Oracle Solaris Overview

What is Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris 11.2 is a complete, integrated platform, combining OpenStack, software-defined networking, and built-in virtualization with a proven enterprise-class operating system.

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Oracle Solaris 11.2 is a complete, integrated platform, combining OpenStack, software-defined networking, and built-in virtualization with a proven enterprise-class operating system.


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Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems.

Recent Oracle Solaris Reviews

Mukul R.
MR
Mukul R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Overall my experience has been positive"
It's very easy to use and pretty good for programmers
patel k.
PK
patel k.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Robust and reliable operating system for enterprise need"
it's scalability and compatibility with modern hardware are excellent tool like Dtrace provide deep system observability and troubleshooting and it...
Bhavik M.
BM
Bhavik M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Reliable, secure, and scalable enterprise solution with advanced features"
Oracle Solaris excels in reliability, security, and scalability, with advanced features like ZFS ensuring data integrity and performance.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

19 months

Average Discount

13%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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Mukul R.
MR
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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

It's very easy to use and pretty good for programmers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

The UI design can be be better I would say Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

Reliable and highly available. It is a great candidate to be used as a server OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

patel k.
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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

it's scalability and compatibility with modern hardware are excellent tool like Dtrace provide deep system observability and troubleshooting and itegration with oracle databases is seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

The licensing costs can be high for smaller businesses compared to other operating system new user unfamiliar with unix based systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

The advance virtualization capabilities allow us to consolidate resources efficiently reducing operational costs with tools like zfs and Dtrace Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bhavik M.
BM
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris excels in reliability, security, and scalability, with advanced features like ZFS ensuring data integrity and performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Nothing to dislike about the Oracle Solaris Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oracle Solaris solves reliability, data integrity, and scalability issues, benefiting users with a secure, high-performance environment for critical applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

provides advanced data management, offering features such as data compression, snapshots Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

its compatibility with third-party software is not as widespread Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it as the operating system of choice for running Oracle’s suite of enterprise software, including Oracle Database, Oracle E-Business Suite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Solaris is known for its robustness, scalability, and features tailored for enterprise-level computing but for now days it is becoming very expensive as more options are available in cheap price and in better durability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

1st thing scalability is very limited and most intersted thing it is very expensive. We are in a era where cloud computing is spreading like any thing and giving same services as the services given by solaris in one forth price Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

Normally we are using this system in the retail sector in oracle data center and OS for all services. It is easy to handle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhijith B.
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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris have more reliability, scalability, and good security. The ZFS file system is a help to managing data. It support with various hardware and software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Solaris is little complicated, needs more computer power, and doesn't have as many outside software options.updates are slower and there are some extra costs for certain features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oracle Solaris makes computers work better and more securely for big companies. It helps avoid crashes, keeps data safe, uses computer resources wisely, and is good for growing businesses. It also plays nice with other Oracle stuff and gets long-term support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

There is still great support and customer service for Solaris. Its a proven, solid and reliable operating system time and time again. Still supported till 2034 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

It's still not that easy to manage multiple servers compared to say a fully visualised setup with easy to use Web gui's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

To provide a reliable, available and serviceable infrastructure to hold our business applications and processes. We still can get great support and regular updates with EoSL not till 2034 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Idries A.
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

I am using this tool from last couple of years. I have integrated this with Oracle 12cR2. It is one of the best operating system I have used before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

sometimes,it takes too much time to open. But it happens rate of the rarest . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

Operating system integrated with Oracle 12cR2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manthan G.
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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

I have used Oracle Solaris for my application database and it has given me the best performance for the queries and provides high throughput for the read and write speed as compared to other databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

It require a license as compared to open source but it is worth it because the support that has been provided to me is very quick and also there are multiple databases available in the market which provides great support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used it for my database hosting and it has fulfilled my requirements and worked as per my requirement and also provided great performance for the queries and throughput. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris provides exceptional support, is proven, reliable, and backed till 2034. It's a dependable OS for business operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Managing multiple servers could be more user-friendly, especially in comparison to fully visualized setups with web GUIs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Solaris solving and how is that benefiting you?

Oracle Solaris ensures reliable and serviceable infrastructure for business applications. It offers great support and updates till 2034. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.