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Sun Solaris 10 review

6.8

Editors' Rating

Good

9.0

Members' Rating

Spectacular

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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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Anonymous

Anonymous

Linux bias

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10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

Solaris 10 is light++ ahead of Linux

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10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

Incompetent reviewer; great product

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10

Perfect


Darren Moffat

Darren Moffat

Article Corrections

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9.5

Spectacular


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