The primary use case of this solution is for the installation of the Oracle Database and further monitoring and managing.
IT Project Manager at Awash International Bank
Monitor and manage your Oracle Database
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the ease of setup."
- "The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the ease of setup.
What needs improvement?
The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for almost three years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable as long as you apply the patches and upgrades as recommended by the vendors.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is on point and is always helpful.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously to using this solution I used Linux and Microsoft.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward with the help of Oracle documentation and took one day.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was completed with the help of a vendor.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is expensive and is based on an annual fee.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution a nine out of ten.
Unlike most Oracle products which are complex to set up this solution can be deployed with the help of the Oracle documentation for a UAT or IST integration case environment purpose.
There are over 60 people using the solution in our organization.
If cost is not an issue I recommend the solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Infrastructure Architecture at Capgemini
Robust database hosting but package management could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "Solaris's best features are high availability, robustness, and database hosting."
- "Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
What is our primary use case?
I mainly used Solaris as a batch server.
What is most valuable?
Solaris's best features are high availability, robustness, and database hosting. Its file management system is also better than Linux.
What needs improvement?
Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Solaris' stability is rock solid.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The on-premise version of Solaris is scalable, but the cloud version isn't so much.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend Solaris as an operating system to hold huge databases. I would give Solaris a rating of seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Group manager at Computer center
Useful incremental backup, reliable, but priced high
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system."
- "Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Solaris for approximately a few years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Solaris is an industry-working solution. However, Linux has taken over.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Solaris has to support the newer technologies that have come up in Oracle. The scalability could improve.
We have approximately 15 to 20 clients using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
We had a challenge in terms of reaching out to the support. We had an issue installing Oracle Solaris in our lab environment and we had problems with configuring it with Linux. We had a very hard time reaching out to Oracle support to fix the issue.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Oracle Solaris is straightforward.
The deployment took a longer time than normal since we did not receive support from Oracle which was frustrating. It took approximately two months.
What about the implementation team?
The amount of people needed for the deployment depends on the environment. If the environment is small to medium then we would use between five to ten people. This includes engineers, developers, and testers.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Oracle Solaris could be less expensive.
What other advice do I have?
In my observation in the last two to three years, the support for Oracle Solaris has dropped. Oracle is more moving into Linux platforms.
I rate Oracle Solaris a six out of seven.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
IT Project Manager / DevOps at StarLine
Has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support
Pros and Cons
- "This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is the storage of logged information from several IoT devices.
What is most valuable?
We have found the performance features, some partitioning features, compression features, storage features, and the PL/SQL language features to be very valuable.
The administration features are also very useful.
What needs improvement?
The product is very expensive.
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.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for nine years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Solaris is stable and reliable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup can be complex if you don't have a lot of experience. The deployment can take anywhere from days to months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is a very expensive product.
What other advice do I have?
This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support. Oracle Solaris is a good product, but it is expensive.
Therefore, I would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
KYC Quality Assurance at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Easy to set up, good database support, but other products have better flexibility
Pros and Cons
- "This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
- "This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use Solaris for compute storage. It is a server product that runs databases.
Our current equipment that Oracle Solaris runs on is approximately five years old and I only deal with it occasionally. This is a legacy product for us now and times have moved on.
What is most valuable?
This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system.
What needs improvement?
This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today. Times have moved on and there are newer operating systems that are better to use and more compatible with current technology.
For how long have I used the solution?
I began working with Oracle Solaris between 15 and 16 years ago.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We've moved to other products recently, so scalability is no longer an issue for us. That said, the legacy version was slightly fixed.
We had approximately 25,000 end-users in some form or another.
How are customer service and support?
We used to deal with technical support for this product. However, because it's older and things have not been changing, we have not had any recent experience with them.
How was the initial setup?
When we were installing this product, it was straightforward. We haven't installed one in a while. It used to be maintained by our network team but as it's now a legacy product for us, we do not have dedicated staff to take care of it.
What about the implementation team?
We were implementing this product with our in-house team.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There are no licensing fees but you can opt to pay for support.
What other advice do I have?
The suitability of this product depends on the use case. There are other products that are more flexible and better to use these days. It was stable, so I would recommend it for some cases but more often than not, we wouldn't use it anymore.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Stable and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS."
- "Solaris is not easy to use. It needs better GUI, UI, and configuration tools."
What is our primary use case?
I'm a distributor who provides Oracle Solaris virtualization solutions to about 100 customers. I'm with the biggest distributor of Sun Microsystems.
What is most valuable?
It's stable.
What needs improvement?
Solaris is not easy to use. It needs better GUI, UI, and configuration tools.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Oracle Solaris for 16 years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Solaris is scalable because they have their own file system, like CFS.
How are customer service and technical support?
Oracle support is getting better.
How was the initial setup?
Installation is complex and it takes up to two days. To install and configure Solaris to meet the average customer's requirements takes two or three engineers.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing for Solaris is normally on a yearly basis.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Solaris eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Distributor
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
High database performance, effective containers, but better application integration needed
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
I used Oracle Solaris in business. There are customers that need to backup their Oracle Solaris servers. I would help integrate a solution, such as Veeam, which has an agent for Solaris to backup the Solaris operating system.
What is most valuable?
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.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Solaris is a Unix-based operating system. People used to call it Slowaris because it was very slow. However, they have different CPU architectures. You can use Solaris also on a normal server x86. Additionally, they have their own CPU architecture, which is called Oracle SPARC architecture. 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.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Solaris for a couple of months.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Oracle Linux.
How was the initial setup?
You either buy Oracle Solaris to install it on your hardware, or you get the hardware. Most of the people making the right decision would get the hardware with the SPARC-based architecture.
I did the installation of Oracle Solaris in a lab at home. I did some very small tests. It installs similar to a Linux or Unix installation, they all have the same procedure. It was not complex for me but it would be for others without experience.
What about the implementation team?
I did the implementation of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This solution needs a license to use it.
What other advice do I have?
If you downloaded Oracle databases you could use this solution but there are better solutions, such as Oracle Linux. Linux has proven to be better performance than Solaris in many aspects. If you approach Oracle and ask them, which one you should use Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux, they would say Oracle Linux.
I rate Oracle Solaris a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Service Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Stable, scalable, and easy installation
Pros and Cons
- "The stability of the solution is good."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Oracle Solaris for an external data center. We switched to Oracle Solaris because we outsourced Oracle to a third party and they went from Oracle Linux to Solaris because of license issues with Oracle Linux. We had to then go over as well for some functionality reasons, such as to do hard partitioning. We were able to minimize the number of CPU cores available for Oracle Linux which help save money because we did not have to pay full price.
We do not use Solaris in general terms because we are end-users, we are an application service provider. We have an external party that delivers us an Oracle database and the platform underneath the Oracle database is agnostic to us. We do not care about it as long as we have an Oracle database running. My team, which are technicians, is completely not involved in the Solaris platform. We just have an Oracle database running where a third party takes care of it, and they choose Solaris because of license issues.
What needs improvement?
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.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of the solution is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Solaris is scalable. However, this depends on the hardware that is running in the environment but this is not the fault of the solution if the hardware is not adequate.
How are customer service and technical support?
Our standard platform is VMware and Oracle Solaris runs fine on VMware, but if you have VMware running on it, you do not get support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Oracle and Red Hat Linux previously.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
If you have a 20 or 30-core CPU underneath Oracle, they expect you to pay for all the cores, although the VM only has assigned a couple of them. They are very difficult license-wise and that is the reason why we went to Oracle Solaris. We were presented this option by our external advisor to prohibit extensive Oracle Linux costs.
We have a lot of government organizations here in Holland leaving Oracle. It is not a bad solution, it is a perfect solution because we have used it for more than 25 years and have never lost one record. It is technically a good solution, but the licensing and sales issues, people are really annoyed about and many Dutch organizations are going over to other solutions. For example, Postgres databases or EnterpriseDB, which is a commercial version of Postgres. They are more cost-efficient if you speak to sales teams.
The price is not good and needs to improve. What was surprising to us was that our Oracle databases run better with fewer resources on Linux than they did on Solaris. We found that strange because if Oracle brings out the new version of their database it is almost always firstly brought out on their own platforms, such as Solaris. You would expect that Solaris would work the best. However, in our case, it did not, there is something wrong with the resources in Solaris.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have evaluated the Postgres database and Enterprise database.
What other advice do I have?
I would prefer Linux then Oracle Solaris because it is more open. If you are in a commercial environment, then use a commercial Linux version, not a free version. We have seven customers using Red Hat, the support is very good, and there are hardly any issues.
I will not recommend Solaris because of the attitude of Oracle, what we have experienced in the database, how they handle licenses, and legally. They are not a company that is fair and are very aggressively trying to get money. However, they provide a solid solution.
I rate Oracle Solaris a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner

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