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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM LinuxONE

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM LinuxONE is the company's high performance scalable mainframe servers, available in the Rockhopper and Emperor editions.N/A

    Oracle Solaris

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AOracle 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.

    $1,000

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    IBM LinuxONEOracle Solaris
    Editions & Modules
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    1 Year Subscription
    $1,000.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM LinuxONEOracle Solaris
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIndividual pricing on request—
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    Features
    IBM LinuxONEOracle Solaris
    Operating System
    Comparison of Operating System features of IBM LinuxONE and Oracle Solaris
    Feature
    IBM LinuxONE
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Solaris
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    File Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Software Application Management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    System Update Frequency00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Operating System Security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM LinuxONEOracle Solaris
    Small Businesses
    Dell PowerEdge
    Score7.6 out of 10
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Dell PowerEdge
    Score7.6 out of 10
    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Power
    Score9 out of 10
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM LinuxONEOracle Solaris
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM LinuxONEOracle Solaris
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM LinuxONE dashboard is clean and friendly to welcome new users and the capabilities of the feature are excellent and easy to pull multiple data from other third parties platforms through the IBM LinuxONE integration functions and the data merging tools are very excellent. Multiple data processing operations are easily managed and monitored through this software and the reports are effective.
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    Oracle
    It's good for environments that need to operate 24/7 due to its stability, as I mentioned before. It's also very good for enterprise applications that can't afford unscheduled downtime, for truly high-priority environments. I don't think it would be recommended for small companies with people who have no prior knowledge of the tool, as the learning curve is quite steep.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Valuable insights from the reports
    • Scalable
    • Easy to manage different data centers
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    Oracle
    • Preferred Operating System to run Oracle Databases
    • Performs well with Java and Oracle applications
    • Great for Virtualizations.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • We had some milestones we did not meet due to technical issues, we had to get those escalated and finally got them resolved.
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    Oracle
    • It seems that Solaris is becoming an afterthought at Oracle.
    • Oracle should be more vocal in their commitment to Solaris
    • Support Costs
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    You need to take the time to learn it. It is a massive product.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    The support teams are well trained and responsive. Patches are rolled out regularly and are easy to deploy and backout.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Stress testing and timing is key. You need test systems that mirror the live environments. User testing must be reflected in peak loads.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    LinuxONE has better scalability and price/performance metrics.
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    Oracle
    We used Windows Server quite a bit because of the ease of use for the team, file sharing, Active Directory, and systems integrated with Windows; learning was easier, and the interface was more user-friendly. On the other hand, Oracle stood out for its stability because we provide services that keep environments up and running 24/7.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Pulling of multiple and big data from different channels.
    • Project workflow management is effective via the tool.
    • Project data processing and data management.
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    Oracle
    • Possibility to migrate old servers protecting previous inversions
    • reduces implementation times and accelerates time to obtain value in the market.
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