Sooraj S.
SS
Sooraj S.
Sr.IT Infrastructure Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Feature"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

I have work with Solaris operating system in last few years.The value feature in Solaris is virtualization.The Solaris is very stable operating system.I feel very comfortable to use Solaris.I always recommend Solaris to my friends, because,high availability, scalability,virtualization, excellent support & security.solaris is capable of running on different devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Solaris OS is very slow.The Solaris is not flexible compared with other OS on the market today.The Solaris need to improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SJ
Sam J.
System Administrator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Solution for Database"
4/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris is a Unix-based operating system. A person who has sound knowledge of Linx can easily handle this. Also, it is more secure as comparing other windows operating system. Oracle Solaris provides the best database performance by comparing to other providers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

The cost of Oracle Solaris is high compared to other platforms. Also, Oracle Solaris is a Unix-based operating system, so it is difficult for Windows users because Windows is a traditional one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hari P.
HP
Hari P.
Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Handled database servers with Oracle Solaris"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Solaris is a Unix-based OS that is the go-to for database servers in the industry. Highly robust, secure & fault tolerant. Easy to use for any Unix/Linux user. Highly performant, their virtualization feature is the best in the industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Migration to Solaris from others was not straightforward; it needs some more utilities for handling migration better. UI can be improved as any new user might find it hard to switch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Madhav P.
MP
Madhav P.
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"it is very robust OS, easy for installing oracle products that run smoothly"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

the upside of oracle Solaris is that , it dosen't crash, easy for patching and maintenance, the configuration files are not different its similar like other linux machines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

the part I dislike is that , it has some different way of giving command , for eg:: the backspace button dosen't work unless you set the setty on keyboard to work properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AJ
Airin J.
Senior Technical Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Oracle Solaris Performance"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

The performance i like the most in this Operating System is, And it comes with DB services. We can handle the services with the help of JAVA. And most importantly, it is a Unix-based OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

The OS is based on Unix, So management is difficult for windows users. And it is not easy using the platform. An expert from Linux is required for administration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gaurav K.
GK
Gaurav K.
Lead Software Engineer-I : Informix Product Support
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Oracle Solaris is also a good OS"
5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Actually oracle solaris is a good OS. It's easy to use and the best part is it's support. It's best in world. People are knowledgable and they know what customer is saying. They resolve customer queries in few hours Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

As of now, i don't dislike anything in Oracle Solaris. Everything is working fine as expected Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SR
Sejin R.
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Industry best OS for hosting the servers"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

The scale-out feature helped us to solve our company's main problem. We received quick and tremendous support from the OEM. It was easy to make the initial setup and configuration compared to other UNIX flavors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Taking too much time to boot up the Solaris Server. In some hardware, we faced package errors while Solaris installation. OEM needs to focus on this hardware compatibility issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ABHIMANYU P.
AP
ABHIMANYU P.
Senior System Administrator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best OS for Enterprises databases"
4/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Stability and ease of handling capabilities help us to run the databases smoothly. I never got any OS level performance issue so far. Other OS struggled in these situations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Migration to Solaris was difficult. I used to run another unix os. When I moved to Solaris migration was a big headache for us. Improvement requird in the virtualisation section Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SS
SIMI S.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best OS for Oracle DB hosting"
4/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

Database hosting feature and the powerfull virtualisation are making this OS unique from other competitors. Handling also very easy. Reliable in critical situations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

Faced some issues while integrating the windows Active directory service as well as the LDAP. I think OEM have to focus these directory integration. Switchover from other OS to Solaris was very difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kishan Kumar M.
KM
Kishan Kumar M.
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Software to be used for Development and storing Dynamic Data."
3.5/5
What do you like best about Oracle Solaris?

This is one of the simple and best application which is used in the software development to store the Dynamic Data which is used in the application. It Automatically caputes the updated Data based on the configuration and operation performed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Solaris?

There is nothing as such but still the configuration can be made bit simpler. It used to fail many times because of its dificult Configuration machenism which is the worst thing about the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.