OpenIndiana Reviews & Product Details

Free access to technologies based on ZFS, DTrace, and SMF, in addition to maintaining binary and conceptual compatibility with OpenSolaris Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the beginning, it is usually confusing or incomplete for new users due to its limited documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Open Indiana is the evolution of Solaris with many modern changes. It supports ZFS by default, solving some hurdles with using ZFS on Linux. You also get LXC containers, which is preferred by some. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Find help can be a challenge. Information is not as prevalent as with Linux, but what you can find tents to be better quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

OpenIndiana really soars at its highest. It provided me with confidence about my server and weeks of running with no issues. The number of freely available OSSs is enormous, which makes it just great. It is like having a giant toolbox in terms of customization that is waiting at your beck and call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The availability of the software becomes a two-edged weapon. Quite often one gets older versions of packages or if one is lucky has to compile them manually, which transforms simple installations into wild hunts. It is like searching for the right tool in an old dusty attic full of clutter and stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its compatibility with other solaris applications,parellel processing where the user can select multiple commands from shell conf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Boot time,As mentioned in the title it is bit outdated system with very poort documentation and on top of that , the aesthetics are not appealing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1- It handles various users at one time.

2-Freely users can use server .

3-It has initial support for mount install media via NFS.

4-From shell configuration user can select different commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1- The timestamp is a little bit Outdated.

2- Documentation is poor.

3- It is not primitive compare to GNU/Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It supports a windowing GUI system along with a Command Line Interface shell.

It provides the user to select different commands from shell configuration.

It supports so many powerful open-source software.

It provides next-generation features for downstream distributions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Poor Documentation.

The setup is outdated.

The system takes much time to boot.

The themes could have been better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1)Supports open source softwares

2) Provides variety of desktop environment option

3) User can select multiple commands from shell conf.

4)It is more compatible with solaris applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1) Insufficient documentation

2) should provide options to change theme, layouts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate the timely software updates to ensure the OS is securely patched. It has all of the features of OpenSolaris (ZFS/Zones/DTrace/etc) along with new features that rival those of Oracle's Solaris 11 offering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes new releases of the system aren't on a regular schedule but that can work itself out if more admins were to adopt this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.