Solaris versus FreeBSD
Solaris Virtual Private Servers are available in addition to the FreeBSD-based Virtual
Private Servers -- enabling you to use a full suite of products that meet a wide range
of hosting needs. The FreeBSD VPS, offers a powerful, cost-effective solution
to meet the majority of hosting needs. The Solaris VPS gives you
the opportunity to service higher-end application requirements.
The Solaris operating system supports more enterprise applications than any other UNIx
platform! Additionally, Solaris on SPARC hardware offers maximum reliability and power.
Since both the FreeBSD Virtual Private Servers and the Solaris Virtual Private Servers are built on
UNIX and use the same VPS Technology, the two products look amazingly similar.
However, there are a few minor differences which mostly relate to the differences between
Solaris and FreeBSD. As a general rule, the Solaris VPS looks like a standard
Solaris server; in the event that 'standard Solaris' departed significantly from FreeBSD,
we tried to implement symbolic links that will allow you to Navigate and administrate
your Solaris VPS like a FreeBSD VPS.
| Features |
Solaris |
FreeBSD |
| Web Server: Apache 1.3.27
|
x |
x |
| FTP Server: AFTPD |
- |
x |
| FTP Server: ProFTPD |
x |
- |
| iManager |
x |
x |
| E-Commerce: SSL |
x |
x |
| E-Commerce: Digital Certificate |
x |
x |
| E-Commerce: Miva Merchant |
- |
x |
| Statistics Packages: Analog |
x |
x |
| Statistics Packages: http-analyze |
- |
x |
| Statistics Packages: The Webalizer |
x |
x |
| Statistics Packages: WebTrends |
x |
x |
| Database: mSQL |
- |
x |
| Database: MySQL |
x |
x |
| Database: PostgreSQL |
x |
x |
| Allaire ColdFusion |
x |
- |
| Chili!Soft ASP |
x |
- |
| Java Servlets |
x |
- |
| Java Server Pages |
x |
- |
| FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions |
x |
x |
| Miva Empresa |
- |
x |
| PHP3 |
- |
x |
| PHP4 |
x |
x |
| Python |
x |
x |
| TcL |
x |
x |
| Perl4 |
- |
x |
| Prel5 |
x |
x |
| RealServer |
x |
x |
| Shockwave Flash |
x |
x |
| PGP & GPG |
x |
x |
| Majordomo |
x |
x |
| Majorcool |
- |
x |
| Procmail |
x |
x |
| E-Mail Autoreply |
x |
x |
| CGI Library |
x |
x |
|
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