Comparison between Linux and Solaris

The advantages and disadvantages of Linux and Solaris have been discussed many times. This article also covers some of the advantages and disadvantages of Solaris and Linux, including the latest development trends, such as OpenSolaris. When I went back to Solaris and paid to purchase special copyrights, the discussion on Linux and Solaris was more intense. With the launch of OpenSolaris by Sun (from the underlying layer, it looks more like Linux), it seems a bit fuzzy. When to use Solaris? When should I use Linux? What about OpenSolaris? Does it belong to Linux or Solaris? In what scenarios is this combination suitable? These topics are all discussed today.
 
Solaris
 
Let's start with Solaris. Specifically, Solaris is Unix, not Linux. Linux is a kernel, while Unix is an operating system. In general, the Unix operating system kernel is provided by Unix hardware vendors such as IBM, Sun, or HP. On the other hand, Linux dealers also mix some other tools into the Linux kernel, which is exactly what they are worth.
 
Supported: Solaris is supported by Sun. If controllability and technical support are important to you, you should not choose Linux, because no one really owns Linux. If you are familiar with the iSCSI processor and are not very interested in the x86 system, you can simply decide what to use. Solaris is good news for hardware vendors because it can make good use of its performance. If you believe in openness and freedom, and are a supporter of the separation system, there will be no problems. Sun offers four different types of support for commercial Solaris: platinum, gold, silver, and bronze. It is worth noting that, unlike other types of UNIX platforms, such as ibm aix, Solaris can also run on x86 architecture platforms.
 
Maturity: Unix has a long history than Linux, and it is certainly more mature than Linux. Solaris is one of the three major Unix platforms (AIX, HP-UX is another two), and history is longer than Linux ,. Linux has made great strides over the past few years, but even the most avid Linux supporter understands this. For the database of key applications, it is easy to persuade users to run it on the Solaris platform, rather than the Linux platform. CIOs of some companies still regard the Linux platform as a hacker operating system, rather than running the financial system on Linux. Although I do not fully agree with this, I sometimes have to show compromise, especially on such important systems.
 
Linux
 
Platform independence: Solaris supports hardware of various architectures, including x86 and its risc algorithm architecture. Linux is leading the way in the 'independent platform. So far, you still cannot run Solaris on the IBM platform (this is one of the reasons that Linux users are growing on the IBM System, nor can you run it on most HP platforms. The result is that only the Linux system supports multiple hardware platforms. In a company environment with multiple hardware architectures, you can use Linux to unify the operating system and greatly save costs. Based on this, operating system integration has gradually become the most popular project, and more IT organizations are involved in these projects.
 
Support: Linux does not seek hardware support from traditional Unix vendors. Over the past few years, leading Linux vendors have greatly improved their operating system support. For example, red hat provides three options: platinum edition, Standard Edition, and basic edition. The platinum edition provides 7x24 services and supports one hour of response. Other companies have made improvements on this basis. We take Oracle as an example of a mainstream company. It also launched its own related products: Oracle Enterprise Linux. The accompanying support packages Oracle unbreakable Linux and Red Hat directly competed.