What is Solaris?

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Posted On: Mar 28, 2020

 

Solaris is a Unix based operating system that was initially developed by Sun Microsystems. Initially released in 1992, Solaris is written in C and C++. A proprietary software, Solaris is now under Oracle after the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The Oracle Solaris is known for its scalability on SPARC systems and has support for x86-64 workstations. Oracle Solaris is now considered as the most widely deployed UNIX operating system that provides reliability, performance, and enterprise-class security for mission-critical applications.

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