Solaris - solid OS?

[rumen]

Hello, I have the impression that SOLARIS is one of the most stable and solid OS'es out there, if not the most. Is that right or I am mistaken?

[LissaValerian]

Originally Posted by rumen

Hello, I have the impression that SOLARIS is one of the most stable and solid OS'es out there, if not the most. Is that right or I am mistaken?

Well ... it's also hardware bound too.

If you want to go with expensive, but corporate backup, go with solaris. They have solid maintenance contracts and certified solaris techs that can come out and fix everything, they also have a GREAT tech support phone number that is great for asking even the dumbest questions.

So, on one hand, it is very stable and very solid, has great support - if you're willing to pay for it. It's also hardware bound to SUN architecture (unless you get the x86 stuff and I don't know what kind of support they offer for that).

So, thumbs up if you have the money to put into it.

In my experience, I worked with a very large multimedia news company that converted the majority of their boxes over from SUN to LINUX to save money. They kept a lot of their HQ and database machines on solaris and maintained the contracts that way, but their webserver farms are all linux. But I think thats the way it is with a lot of large webhosting companies.

[rumen]

Thanks a lot for the detailed answer, Lissa

[Tor]

I thought Solaris could be installed on just about any computer these days?

[LissaValerian]

Originally Posted by Tor

I thought Solaris could be installed on just about any computer these days?

Yes, thats the solaris x86. Looks like I'm a bit behind the curve on this one. My understanding is that they're still not up to par with their x86, but I could be way off the mark on that.

[Jordan]

I've never used Solaris in a server environment (we use HP-UX) but the x86 version ran great. It used the Java Desktop (is that based on Gnome)?

[Off]

The x86 version seems fine but I've never used another version either on a real unix system. I can't really compare

[xxxkings]

hmmmm i too want to know about solaris.. heard many things abt it bt nver got anything to knw deeply...can sumone tell more..

[Tor]

There is a review here under the reviews tab.