We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris and Ubuntu Linux 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 product's most valuable feature is partitioning resources and optimizing hardware utilization effectively."
"It stands out for its exceptional stability."
"Its networking has helped me combine the power of a neural network with the benefits of virtualization to improve the AI's performance."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"We use the solution as an internal operating system."
"The ability to manipulate the zones and the files within the zones from a global OS provides us flexibility that no other virtualization can match."
"The stability of the solution is good."
"Ubuntu Linux's most valuable feature is its open-source nature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that Linux has cost-effective licenses."
"Ubuntu Linux is easy to start, and MicroK8s is easy to deploy. Plug into the back-end storage and networking is also easy. It is good to start with 3-4 nodes, but hard to scale. For production grades like 20 or 100 nodes, we go with the RedHat for on-premise."
"It is more powerful because you have more control over it."
"It has improved our ability to carry out maintenance without downtime as migrating services between server environments is largely seamless."
"What makes Ubuntu easy to use is the large set of applications and the interface. The graphical interface is user friendly."
"I find the Linux community very valuable and the fact it is open source. So it's free and I use it without any problems."
"The solution is free to use and open-source."
"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."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more secure and better documented. So Oracle could learn from them when it comes to security and documentation."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered backend management. In the 11.4 version, Oracle added a management console. It would be great if we maybe had a user management tool to go with it."
"Currently, there are two variants, there's SPARC and there's x86. I would have wanted a scenario where they're all just one product."
"If it could support other file systems, it would be better."
"The encryption of the partition regarding software systems could be improved."
"I think Ubuntu is not that secure."
"Ubuntu could add some additional hardware support."
"The solution has a bit of a learning curve. It's not too high, however, you do need to understand the solution to deploy it and work with it effectively."
"An easier to configure firewall would be a good add-on."
"The stability definitely can be improved. When we are implementing patches and new releases, it tends to fail."
"If I run an application, I need it to show up in Microsoft, so Microsoft can run in Ubuntu. It needs to connect better with Microsoft products."
"The solution is a little complicated to customize and could be made easier."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 133 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise and CentOS, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and Windows 10. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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