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We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap and Oracle Solaris 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Solaris vs. openSUSE Leap Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function.""Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot.""I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house.""The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years.""The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system.""openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."

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"It stands out for its exceptional stability.""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.""It works well. It is very stable and very good. It is also very safe. It cannot be easily infected by viruses or attacks.""The stability of the solution is good.""It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies.""This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support.""Solaris' best feature is its stability.""Oracle Solaris is great due to the fact that it actually is meant for high-end servers."

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Cons
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve.""There is room for improvement in the console.""I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows.""Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear.""Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI.""The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."

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"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it.""They could also enable Oracle OEM for x86 architecture as well.""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.""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.""This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today.""Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux.""Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation.""The primary drawback with this product is the lack of version updates."

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  • "This is an open-source operating system that can be used free of charge."
  • "The cost of this solution was reasonable and it was within our budget."
  • "The solution is open-source."
  • "openSUSE Leap is a free and open-source solution."
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  • "It is more expensive, but very complete and worth enacting."
  • "There is no OS licensing cost if you use their hardware and purchase hardware maintenance."
  • "If you buy Oracle hardware it's supported free with the hardware. If you're putting it on non-Oracle hardware, that is when you buy the support license, which is also very reasonable. It is $1000 dollars per year, so it's not overly expensive."
  • "There should be an option to install the solution for free and just pay for the support. We purchased an annual license and the price could be better."
  • "Its licensing is on a yearly basis."
  • "The price is not good and needs to improve."
  • "This solution needs a license to use it."
  • "There are no licensing fees but you can opt to pay for support."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman.
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the console. In additional features, I would like to see more automation and integration with popular community-developed applications.
    Top Answer:I use it for DevOps. openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman.
    Top Answer:When comparing Oracle Linux and Solaris, I believe that Linux is more secure and more flexible. It is also very suitable for enterprises that are already Oracle solution users. I found Linux to be… more »
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable feature is partitioning resources and optimizing hardware utilization effectively.
    Top Answer:It is an expensive product. I rate the pricing a ten out of ten.
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    Also Known As
    Solaris 11, Solaris
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    Overview

    openSUSE Leap is a brand new way of building openSUSE and is new type of hybrid Linux distribution. Leap uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), which gives Leap a level of stability unmatched by other Linux distributions, and combines that with community developments to give users, developers and sysadmins the best stable Linux experience available. Contributor and enterprise efforts for Leap bridge a gap between matured packages and newer packages found in openSUSE’s other distribution Tumbleweed.

    Oracle Solaris is a trusted business platform that provides consistent compatibility, is simple to use, is always secure, and is designed to help you run your modern and legacy enterprise applications. The solution is the most recommended enterprise operating system for Oracle Database and Java applications and is engineered for large-scale enterprise deployments.

    Oracle Solaris Features

    Oracle Solaris has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Application binary guarantee
    • Unified archives
    • Rich selection of DevOps tools
    • REST-based configuration and monitoring
    • Software security assurance
    • Automated installer
    • Image packaging system and ZFS boot environments
    • Simplified system life-cycle, application life-cycle, and cloud capabilities
    • Constraint packages
    • Fault diagnosis
    • Service management facility

    Oracle Solaris Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Oracle Solaris. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Portable and scalable
    • Interoperable and compatible
    • Simple to use
    • Infrastructure designed to scale on large systems without code
    • Supports a wide range of hardware
    • 24 x 7 support from Oracle
    • Portability across different architectures
    • Supports tools optimized for Oracle hardware devices
    • Guarantees binary compatibility for your applications across various Oracle Solaris OS releases
    • Supports programming languages such as Perl, Ruby, and Python
    • Mitigates risk and easily proves compliance
    • Reduces costs
    • Helps reduce planned and unplanned downtime

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the Oracle Solaris solution.

    A CEO at a computer software company says, “The most valuable feature is virtualization. They have attained virtualization and it's quite simple to create the Oracle Solaris zones. The solution is quite powerful. Oracle Solaris is great due to the fact that it actually is meant for high-end servers. The high availability is great. You can clone and you can do quite a number of things with them. There's also the ZFS File system which is very good. Is one of the best file systems that there is.”

    Diego A., Oracle ACE - Specialized in Systems Technologies at Telecom Argentina, mentions, “The most valuable features for me are virtualization (Containers, Zones, Security, PDOM's, LDOM's) and Performance, ZFS, Debugging with Dtrace.”

    A Service Manager at a tech services company expresses that the solution is “Stable, scalable, and has easy installation.”

    PeerSpot user Marcel H., Oracle ACE Director "Solaris," CEO, Enterprise Consultant at JomaSoft, explains, “Solaris includes two virtualization solutions: LDoms for SPARC and Solaris Zones. Both solutions can be combined to create private clouds. Solaris Zones is ideal to separate applications and to migrate from older to current hardware. LDoms is very efficient because it uses the hardware hypervisor of the SPARC servers. Both technologies increase Security, because they separate the applications from each other. Using the Security Compliance Framework we are sure the systems are set up properly.”

    Shafiq K., Senior Manager IT Operations at a financial services firm, states, “The reliability of the solution is excellent. The security has been very good overall. We've found the solution to have good availability. The backup capabilities are quite good. The solution has proven to be quite stable so far. The product can scale. The solution is 100% free to use. It doesn't cost a company anything as it's embedded in the hardware.”

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    Comms Service Provider14%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Educational Organization9%
    Government8%
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    Financial Services Firm29%
    Comms Service Provider25%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Logistics Company8%
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    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle Solaris vs. openSUSE Leap
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    openSUSE Leap is ranked 11th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 47 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Oracle Solaris is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux and CentOS, whereas Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows 10. See our Oracle Solaris vs. openSUSE Leap report.

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