We performed a comparison between SUSE Linux Enterprise and Windows Server 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."The most valuable feature is that there is an inbuilt HANA firewall."
"From a functionality perspective, the suite is quite rich. We like that."
"SUSE Linux's most valuable feature is the documentation - there is a lot of documentation about how to create custom servers."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"The solution offers a secure operation system."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"It's easy to set up."
"It's a flexible solution."
"The product’s performance is good."
"I'm using all the features within it and find them all quite helpful."
"Windows Server is user-friendly and it is simply to support."
"I would say Microsoft operating systems are more stable correctly than they were before, they have made some improvements over the years."
"The solution is very easy to configure."
"We find the initial implementation process to be quick and easy."
"If everything is configured correctly this solution provides high performance. Building a Failover Cluster is comparatively much easier in Windows Server than any of the Linux-based solutions."
"I have found the solution to be flexible and easy to use."
"The quality of support offered by SUSE Linux Enterprise is not that great, making it an area where improvements are required."
"They should probably just make clustering a bit simpler and also provide more descriptive log files for cluster services."
"The free version sometimes has security holes."
"SUSE Linux could provide more information about cost and the details of how clustering works."
"They should improve their educational portal."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
"The price of SUSE Linux Enterprise could improve, it is too expensive."
"I would like to see GUI improved, it could be more user-friendly."
"The scalability of the product needs to be improved, considering that organizations may have an increase in resource requirements."
"The scalability of Windows Server is okay, but it could be better."
"I would like to see easier implementation and better customer service in the future."
"The security should be improved."
"Stability-wise, there is room for improvement."
"There's always room for improvement. However, I'm not in the main IT department, and therefore, I'm not as close to the product as others on my team."
"It would help if Microsoft made it lighter to run on the servers and made troubleshooting much easier."
"We are waiting for the solution to be more secure and more stable."
SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 25 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 179 reviews. SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and Windows 10, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux and openSUSE Leap. See our SUSE Linux Enterprise vs. Windows Server report.
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