Oracle Solaris Reviews

We use it as customers, integrators, and resellers.

Our primary use case is for mission-critical systems.

Solaris' performance and reliability for running databases and applications is very good.

One of the main advantages is the rock-solid reliability. It works. The stability is very good. It has a very good track record in the data security database.

A valuable feature is the file system it has, ZFS. It does check on old data which enables us to be able to rely on the date that's written on the discs. We know the data is correct because when you read the data, you can verify the checks of the data itself.

One of the drawbacks is Oracle itself. Oracle has its good and bad they are not putting resources into the development. 

I have been using Oracle Solaris in different formatations since around 1986.

The solution can be used to run some applications on your PC. 

Oracle Solaris's operating system is good. 

The scalability of the solution can be improved. 

I have been using Oracle Solaris for ten years. 

Oracle Solaris is highly stable. I rate the stability a ten out of ten. 

The solution is scalable. Three people are using the solution at present. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten. 

The technical support is helpful and the response time depends on the severity of the problem. 

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment takes three hours time.

The deployment can be done in-house. 

The solution is free to use. 

I recommend using this solution. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

We are running Oracle Solaris on Sparkbox.

Oracle Solaris can run on Spark. You run Oracle Solaris as the operating system, and you can run Oracle Solaris on Intel x86, also. 

We are using it for our core applications.

We like that the virtualization is built in, so you don't have to spend extra money on buying licenses for a hypervisor. When you buy the box, you are getting everything, including the Virtualization.

It is one of the most flexible predictive systems.

The setup is easy.

It is stable and reliable. 

Currently, it supports the DataFast file system. Sometimes we face some issues with the DataFast file system where there is some sort of slowness, which is intermittent. If it could support other file systems, it would be better.

It is very stable. We haven't had any EOS problems so far. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

We've contacted support in the past. They are helpful and responsive. 

Positive

The solution's initial setup is very simple and straightforward. 

We are customers and end-users. 

I'd advise potential users to use it. They have declared a long support life, and Solaris it will be supported until 2034. Although you don't see a future roadmap, they have declared support for the existing Solaris until 2034, which is a very long way to go. If you get it now, you know that you will still be able to use it for ten years. 

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. It offers great flexibility.

The primary use case of this solution is for the installation of the Oracle Database and further monitoring and managing.

The most valuable feature is the ease of setup.

The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost.

I have been using the solution for almost three years.

The solution is stable as long as you apply the patches and upgrades as recommended by the vendors.

The solution is scalable.

The technical support is on point and is always helpful.

Positive

Previously to using this solution I used Linux and Microsoft.

The initial setup was straightforward with the help of Oracle documentation and took one day.

The implementation was completed with the help of a vendor.

The solution is expensive and is based on an annual fee.

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

Unlike most Oracle products which are complex to set up this solution can be deployed with the help of the Oracle documentation for a UAT or IST integration case environment purpose.

There are over 60 people using the solution in our organization.

If cost is not an issue I recommend the solution.

It is used for Oracle applications and Oracle Database.

It works well. It is very stable and very good. 

It is also very safe. It cannot be easily infected by viruses or attacks.

It is not easy to use. It doesn't have a user-friendly interface. It should be easy to use. We are planning to move from Solaris to Linux because Linux is more flexible and user-friendly. Its installation should also be easier. 

Solaris also needs specific hardware to work well, which is another reason why we are moving to Linux. It should be more flexible in terms of hardware. It should have better integration with other hardware platforms.

I have been using Oracle Solaris for ten years.

It is very stable. We didn't have to do any maintenance on it.

It is scalable. We have approximately 120 users.

We are also using Windows Server 2012.

Its installation is not easy. It was installed a long ago. It didn't take a long time.

We get external support for installation, implementation, or maintenance. They have a team of three or four technical people.

Its licensing is on a yearly basis.

I would recommend this solution. It is stable and safe but not easy to use. It is very good for Oracle applications.

I would rate Oracle Solaris a seven out of ten.

We are using Oracle Solaris for an external data center. We switched to Oracle Solaris because we outsourced Oracle to a third party and they went from Oracle Linux to Solaris because of license issues with Oracle Linux. We had to then go over as well for some functionality reasons, such as to do hard partitioning. We were able to minimize the number of CPU cores available for Oracle Linux which help save money because we did not have to pay full price.

We do not use Solaris in general terms because we are end-users, we are an application service provider. We have an external party that delivers us an Oracle database and the platform underneath the Oracle database is agnostic to us. We do not care about it as long as we have an Oracle database running. My team, which are technicians, is completely not involved in the Solaris platform. We just have an Oracle database running where a third party takes care of it, and they choose Solaris because of license issues.

When we switch over to Solaris it was not easy because we had some troubles with the performance. Solaris is from Oracle and you would expect that it would run flawlessly, but we had some issues in sizing the previous Linux environment to the Solaris environment.

I have been using this solution for approximately one year.

The stability of the solution is good.

Oracle Solaris is scalable. However, this depends on the hardware that is running in the environment but this is not the fault of the solution if the hardware is not adequate.

Our standard platform is VMware and Oracle Solaris runs fine on VMware, but if you have VMware running on it, you do not get support.

I have used Oracle and Red Hat Linux previously.

The initial setup is straightforward.

If you have a 20 or 30-core CPU underneath Oracle, they expect you to pay for all the cores, although the VM only has assigned a couple of them. They are very difficult license-wise and that is the reason why we went to Oracle Solaris. We were presented this option by our external advisor to prohibit extensive Oracle Linux costs.

We have a lot of government organizations here in Holland leaving Oracle. It is not a bad solution, it is a perfect solution because we have used it for more than 25 years and have never lost one record. It is technically a good solution, but the licensing and sales issues, people are really annoyed about and many Dutch organizations are going over to other solutions. For example, Postgres databases or EnterpriseDB, which is a commercial version of Postgres. They are more cost-efficient if you speak to sales teams.

The price is not good and needs to improve. What was surprising to us was that our Oracle databases run better with fewer resources on Linux than they did on Solaris. We found that strange because if Oracle brings out the new version of their database it is almost always firstly brought out on their own platforms, such as Solaris. You would expect that Solaris would work the best. However, in our case, it did not, there is something wrong with the resources in Solaris.

I have evaluated the Postgres database and Enterprise database.

I would prefer Linux then Oracle Solaris because it is more open. If you are in a commercial environment, then use a commercial Linux version, not a free version. We have seven customers using Red Hat, the support is very good, and there are hardly any issues.

I will not recommend Solaris because of the attitude of Oracle, what we have experienced in the database, how they handle licenses, and legally. They are not a company that is fair and are very aggressively trying to get money. However, they provide a solid solution.

I rate Oracle Solaris a nine out of ten.

We are using the solution for multiple purposes. We are using it, for example, for our local environment, and we are using it for our core banking. We even use it for our database and a lot of other things.

The reliability of the solution is excellent.

The security has been very good overall.

We've found the solution to have good availability.

The backup capabilities are quite good.

The solution has proven to be quite stable so far.

The product can scale.

The solution is 100% free to use. It doesn't cost a company anything as it's embedded in the hardware.

I haven't had any big issues with the solution. Largely, I've been very happy with it. 

Sometimes we get stuck for security reasons. There's an issue with either the filing or use management. However, largely it just comes down to a lack of experience and over time, users get the hang of it. 

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.

I've been using the solution for a long time. It's been about 11 years. It's over a decade at this point.

The stability has been very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's very reliable.

The solution can scale, however, it depends on the need. Whenever we require an extension we go for that.

Our whole IT department is currently on the solution.

We're quite satisfied both with technical support and the product itself. Support, for example, is responsive, however, we have a very low number of calls with Oracle due to the fact that we find this application very stable.

We have a pretty complex environment and therefore had a pretty complex setup.

You don't have to pay a licensing fee. The solution is free to use. It's bound with the hardware.

We are just customers and end-users. We don't have a business relationship with Oracle.

I would 100% recommend the solution to other organizations. The solution has been quite reliable and secure. For an enterprise environment, it's a great product.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

I have used Oracle Solaris for applications, especially to install and run the applications.

I like the solution's from a cost perspective. Also, it's pretty stable on Azure, considering that we cannot use it on IEX. So, for that, Oracle is available.

I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle. The aforementioned detail can be considered for improvement.

I have been using Oracle Solaris for a few years.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues. I find it pretty stable on Linux.

We have a different team for contacting Oracle's technical support.

I have used other solutions, but it comes under the platform team, and they are the ones who interact with Oracle's technical support. I cannot comment on the performance because they are interacting with the tech support of other people. So for us, it's more on the application.

Regarding the setup, if you say the application, it is pretty easy.

The solution can be deployed on Linux, Oracle, or Azure and not on IEX.

For me, it works fine. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.