We use Oracle Solaris because of stability and the longterm focus
We virtualize Oracle Solaris with LDoms and Zones on SPARC Servers. To develop our tools, build open source software, test apps, and …
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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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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.
Oracle Solaris Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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September 20, 2022
We use Oracle Solaris because of stability and the longterm focus
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.
- Very stable
- High performance
- Easy to use
- Powerful Virtualization
- Excellent ZFS filesystem
- Many networking configuration options
- Improve AD LDAP integration
- ZFS
- LDoms
- Zones
- Compliance
- We can keep servers for for 10 years or more
August 02, 2022
Stability and Security in your Linux Operating System.
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.
- Preferred Operating System to run Oracle Databases
- Performs well with Java and Oracle applications
- Great for Virtualizations.
- 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.
- Stability
- Compatibility with Oracle Hardware and Software
- Easy of use
- Possibility to migrate old servers protecting previous inversions
- reduces implementation times and accelerates time to obtain value in the market.
Oracle Solaris is Scalable, have a good patching capability and secure by default. You want to have something that's up and running and stable, something that's not going to crash. But if we do have an issue, we can get somebody for technical support who can help us work through the problems.
January 16, 2020
Not a legacy OS yet
Score 7 out of 10
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Solaris is used throughout the whole organization for hosting Oracle databases and for controlling the resources available to the database.
It is massively scalable with CPU networking, storage resource management included. Virtualization is built-in allowing segregation of virtual environments from the physical.
- Database hosting.
- Storage management via ZFS.
- Takes time to learn.
- Integration into Microsoft's Active Directory.
- 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.
We make business decisions on a case by case basis but on the whole, our larger mission-critical databases run on Oracle.
1000
- Social work
- Finance
- Housing Revenue
- Benefits
4
- Reliability.
- Robustness.
- Snapshots for backups ZFS.
- Moving workloads with Solaris Zones between physical machines.
- Terminal services.
No
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
Owing to our unique licensing agreement with Oracle, we find the Solaris platform very competitive.
We have to perform a competitive tender for all our requirements.
- Implemented in-house
Yes
It was broken up into development, test, and live environments.
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
We are well practiced with database cloning and testing.
This is done offered by staff who are familiar with the process.
- Time constraints.
- Moving data.
Yes
It is a premium product for mission critical services.
Yes
- Zone deployment.
- File system management
- Manifests and customization.
- Directory integration.
October 24, 2017
My 10 cents
Solaris is the operating system we use to host our databases and applications. It serves to keep our environment secure with its built in compliance features. In addition we leverage ZFS as well. We are moving our remaining Solaris 10 systems to Solaris 11. Furthermore, we use dTrace for troubleshooting.
- Live update for patching in conjunction with the package management functions. This ability to rollback is very convenient.
- dTrace
- Built in compliance testing.
- It seems that Solaris is becoming an afterthought at Oracle.
- Oracle should be more vocal in their commitment to Solaris
- Support Costs
- 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.
We also use Linux in our shop. Linux is capable, and a very good OS. Solaris was chosen because we can afford it. Again Linux is capable, but Linux is a disruptive technology i.e. it is a "good enough" Unix.