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Sun Solaris 10 review

6.8

Editors' Rating

Good

9.0

Members' Rating

Spectacular

Typical price:Free

Verdict

Significant performance, availability and feature enhancements make Solaris 10 an automatic choice for existing Sun customers. But as an alternative to Linux, it doesn’t yet deliver... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Enhanced performance and security
  • Predictive self-healing
  • X86 platform support
  • Built-in virtualisation (Solaris Containers)
  • DTrace debugging tool
  • Linux compatibility

Cons

  • Compatibility issues on x86 platforms
  • Linux compatibility, ZFS file system and other promised features not yet available

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Member Opinion

9.0

Average Member Rating

Spectacular

73 Members have reviewed this product

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Paul Bielecki

Paul Bielecki

We are not in early 80s but in 2006 so try a bit harder with next release!

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4.0

Mediocre


Damien Jorgensen

Damien Jorgensen

Superb on everything

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10

Perfect


Nic Lumb

Nic Lumb

I trust it

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9.5

Spectacular


George` Bell

George` Bell

When its working its good

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7.5

Very Good


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