We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Windows 10 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"We use the solution as an internal operating system."
"Oracle Solaris is pre-installed in our environment. Thus, it is simple to customize."
"Solaris' best feature is its 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's more stable than the other operating systems."
"The best system I've ever used is Red Hat, in terms of its ability and consistency of the operating system. Other than that, the vast majority of applications that I had, you can deploy Red Hat with the support of the vast majority of applications. We don't have many issues with the OS, the support is very good."
"We also use Ansible. Ansible is a wonderful tool for automation. We use it to automate our patching. We use Ansible to get playbooks to take care of anything that's manual."
"Compared to any other product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a stable backported solution for a long time."
"Support is most valuable. If a customer has a problem with a feature or a bug, we can open a support case for that, and the issue is resolved or taken care of. That's the main benefit of the product."
"RHEL has made our operations more reliable by giving us a more repeatable process. After we've built it once, we know it will work the same way the next time we build it. It has reduced the time I spend training my operations team, and the cost of ownership is low."
"The package management, repository, and satellite repository are easy to use."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is very stable. It has been in the market for so many years, and it is used by large organizations."
"Microsoft technology is very simple and user friendly."
"It's user-friendly."
"I've got a good level of familiarity with it. The user interface is intuitive."
"The licensing is reasonable."
"The solution has good performance. However, I personally prefer Mac."
"In terms of most valuable feature, it has all the features. We have to use the workforce application like Microsoft Office 365. We are dependent on the operating system."
"One feature I have found most valuable is Windows Hello. Windows Hello brings in a password-less solution, wherein users don't need to type in their password. They can do biometric logins or pin-based logins."
"It's a product that is easy to use."
"The challenge arises from the differences in commands and configurations compared to more common systems like Linux."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"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."
"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."
"Setting up Oracle Solaris can be complex because it requires more commands than other systems."
"Oracle customer service is slow at times."
"It is not easy to use. It doesn't have a user-friendly interface. It should be easy to use. We are planning to move from Solaris to Linux because Linux is more flexible and user-friendly. Its installation should also be easier. Solaris also needs specific hardware to work well, which is another reason why we are moving to Linux. It should be more flexible in terms of hardware. It should have better integration with other hardware platforms."
"The cost of this solution could be improved."
"As such, there are no specific features that we are looking for. We have frequent meetings with them. We have had some issues on the application side and the OS side for which we opened cases and discussed those concerns and questions in the meetings offered by Red Hat."
"Maybe they need to make it easier to apply patches from different resources. That said, at my level of usage, I never have to apply patches."
"The operating system might not be able to handle big scientific problems which require a highly parallel system."
"The licensing model is kind of a mess."
"Right now, we need to get memory and CPU via the console."
"Some of the solution's features need to be automated. We encounter the hassle of registering the system and attaching a subscription."
"All resources should be available on the website."
"I am not so happy with the performance"
"This solution is good enough, but Windows is always playing catch-up when it comes to development. An improvement I would like to see is in Windows updates. They don't seem to test the updates."
"In general, most of the time, the updates in Windows 10 bring problems instead of solving them, making it an area requiring improvements."
"The negative is that the OS has made the room heavier, so it requires much more hardware than before."
"It's difficult to determine the source of an issue when it comes to performance."
"PowerShell could be improved."
"It is incompatible with some communications when you need to share some data."
"I want a more stable version of the Linux interface that you can use within Windows 10."
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