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Oracle Solaris

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What is Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris is a Linux operating system which was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and became an Oracle product after the acquisition of Sun in 2010.

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Stability and Security in your Linux Operating System.

Incentivized
Luis Rogelio Toledo GironView profile
Oracle DBA in Information Technology at Telefónica (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Oracle Solaris is our core operating system for Oracle Database and Java applications. It would be helpful if the solution offered backend management. The backup capabilities are quite good. We use Oracle Solaris to develop and support our VDCF (Virtual Datacenter Cloud Framework) management software. The stability of the solution is good.

Pros

  • Preferred Operating System to run Oracle Databases
  • Performs well with Java and Oracle applications
  • Great for Virtualizations.

Cons

  • 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.
  • It doesn't have a user-friendly interface.
  • Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux.

Most Important Features

  • Stability
  • Compatibility with Oracle Hardware and Software
  • Easy of use

Return on Investment

  • Possibility to migrate old servers protecting previous inversions
  • reduces implementation times and accelerates time to obtain value in the market.

Alternatives Considered

Oracle Linux

Other Software Used

Oracle Linux, IBM AIX, Windows Server

We use Oracle Solaris because of stability and the longterm focus

Incentivized
Marcel Hofstetter
Enterprise Consultant in Information Technology at JomaSoft GmbH (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We virtualize Oracle Solaris with LDoms and Zones on SPARC Servers. To develop our tools, build open source software, test apps, and reproduce customers' environments. We test new Solaris versions and learn new features.

Pros

  • Very stable
  • High performance
  • Easy to use
  • Powerful Virtualization
  • Excellent ZFS filesystem
  • Many networking configuration options

Cons

  • Improve AD LDAP integration

Most Important Features

  • ZFS
  • LDoms
  • Zones
  • Compliance

Return on Investment

  • We can keep servers for for 10 years or more

Not a legacy OS yet

Andrew BuckleView profile
Senior Infrastructure Analyst in Corporate at Aberdeenshire Council (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • Database hosting.
  • Storage management via ZFS.

Cons

  • Takes time to learn.
  • Integration into Microsoft's Active Directory.

Return on Investment

  • Owing to the unique licensing agreement negotiated for all Scottish councils, Oracle databases, and Solaris is very economical for us.
  • Hardware does need frequent refreshes.

Other Software Used

SovLabs Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft 365 Business

Usability

My 10 cents

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Live update for patching in conjunction with the package management functions. This ability to rollback is very convenient.
  • dTrace
  • Built in compliance testing.

Cons

  • It seems that Solaris is becoming an afterthought at Oracle.
  • Oracle should be more vocal in their commitment to Solaris
  • Support Costs

Return on Investment

  • It just runs like a top, this mean TCO is low
  • We've not had issues with Solaris running on Sparc.
  • Reliability is above reproach.

Other Software Used

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)