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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    per year

    Oracle Virtualization

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOracle Virtualization is an enterprise-grade server virtualization solution that provides KVM virtualization and management capabilities and built-in disaster recovery features with no license cost.N/A
    Pricing
    Oracle SolarisOracle Virtualization
    Editions & Modules
    1 Year Subscription
    $1,000.00
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle SolarisOracle Virtualization
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Oracle SolarisOracle Virtualization
    Operating System
    Comparison of Operating System features of Oracle Solaris and Oracle Virtualization
    Feature
    Oracle Solaris
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle Virtualization
    -
    Ratings
    File Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software Application Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    System Update Frequency7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating System Security10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Oracle Solaris and Oracle Virtualization
    Feature
    Oracle Solaris
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Virtualization
    7.2
    5 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Oracle SolarisOracle Virtualization
    Small Businesses
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Proxmox VE
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM PowerVM
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle SolarisOracle Virtualization
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle SolarisOracle Virtualization
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Oracle
    Well suited: development work as they provide a very nice free tier, datacenters in Latin America with very low ping, heavy loads for DB if you use Oracle DB Less appropriate: fast webservers as they use hard disks for several tiers, fast MySQL databases as the server is shared, auto-scaling functionality is not present.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Preferred Operating System to run Oracle Databases
    • Performs well with Java and Oracle applications
    • Great for Virtualizations.
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    Oracle
    • Installation and setup of VM Server are pretty straight forward.
    • Many different guest operating systems are supported.
    • There can be up to 128 virtual machines per physical server.
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    Cons
    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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    Oracle
    • Platform designer
    • Support material
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    Usability
    Oracle
    You need to take the time to learn it. It is a massive product.
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    Support Rating
    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
    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
    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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    Oracle
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Oracle
    • Saved us licenses fees while we upgrade to a virtual environment and redundancies servers
    • Forced me to manage another hard to manage virtual environment
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