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HP-UX Reviews & Product Details

Rehan T.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

features like RBAC and encrypted files give me peace of mind when I’m working with sensitive stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

The interface is clunky, and it’s stuck on outdated hardware like Itanium servers, which makes upgrades a pain. Plus, it’s not the easiest thing for new people to pick up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

it keeps our critical systems stable, reduces downtime, and helps us manage resources efficiently with tools like Serviceguard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HP-UX Overview

What is HP-UX?

Streamline your operations with the right UNIX computing environment. HP-UX is a highly integrated UNIX operating system built on the always-on resiliency of mission-critical HPE Integrity servers to give you a dynamic, secure, and unified environment.

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Streamline your operations with the right UNIX computing environment. HP-UX is a highly integrated UNIX operating system built on the always-on resiliency of mission-critical HPE Integrity servers to give you a dynamic, secure, and unified environment.


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Year Founded
1939
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Palo Alto, CA
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72,788 employees on LinkedIn®
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NYSE: HPQ
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$26,982
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise where they help customers use technology to turn ideas into value. In turn, they transform industries, markets and lives. They are in the acceleration business and were here to help you go further, faster.

Recent HP-UX Reviews

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Rehan T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Great for Stability"
features like RBAC and encrypted files give me peace of mind when I’m working with sensitive stuff.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.0 out of 5
"Good product but could be better"
HP-UX is known for its robustness, making it a reliable choice for mission-critical applications.
Sanoob B.
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Sanoob B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"hpux administrator"
HPUX is very stable OS. Service gaurd is easy to manage and work .patching ,file system extension. Data protector installation. Cluster failover .i...
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

HP-UX is known for its robustness, making it a reliable choice for mission-critical applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

Since HP-UX is designed to work best with HP hardware, it can be difficult to switch to different hardware vendors without significant changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use HP-UX since it offers features like Serviceguard, which ensures high availability and quick recovery from failures, ensuring optimal performance for demanding applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sanoob B.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

HPUX is very stable OS. Service gaurd is easy to manage and work .patching ,file system extension. Data protector installation. Cluster failover .ignite backup usage. System monitoring is petty easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

I felt little difficult in using keyboards .especially when we using in console . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have worked with HPUX clients .telecom and pharmaceutical. Clients. Their database and some.cirtical applications running on HPUx .they still want use HPUX as.long they can Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alfredo A.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

Es un sistema muy estable, es una pena que ya no le dieron continuidad para nuevos equipos, su administración es un entorno seguro y fácil de administrar, seguridad en todo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

The downside of being in a business environment was that the licensing costs were very high, and several companies gave up on its implementation. HP did not continue with further updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

administration, network, users, HW diagnostics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sujit T.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

I used it. It is best product from the popular company such as hp Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

It is somewhat costly. Other there is no disadvantage of this in my opinion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a bit easier to operate and time saving as it has much features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about HP-UX?

We are using HP Unix from the year of 2005 from the version 11.11 V, now we still using the 11.31 V, very rare issues and stable OS, NPAR and IVM options are very good for the virtulixation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

Expecting more and next version of releases with updated security patches, some comparability issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using it based on customer requirements, and the HW is very stable, it's a one-time setup and use, HW cost also reasonable and on-time support from HP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about HP-UX?

The procedure for using OS on HP UX were simple to setup and understand. The OS administrators found it quite simple to manage hardware setup in their business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

Pricing can be dropped which is main factor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

Best operating system and our ERP System Infir Lwson currently running on HP UX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nuwan P.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

Very Stable OS

High Performance and Reliable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

Not Supporting new Hardware, Discontinuation of Itanium CPU Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hosting Progress/OpenEdge RDBMS,AppServer and Web Speed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shankar B.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

The intercompability with various computer network protocols and extensive usage in storage area networks domain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

It is not as widely implemented in the computer industry except in the storage area network and network management systems domain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping me to explore application development for embedded devices and memory management issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NITESH SINGH .
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

It is pure server OS with lot of flexibility on memory, high availability and secure management. Ease of use and best in business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

It is not suggested to run critical database like oracle 10g Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

It gives option to virtualise the hardware resources whiche helps for less hardware and better management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ayush D.
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What do you like best about HP-UX?

HP-UX was easy to set up and the commands were straightforward for working on the OS. The hardware configuration was really easy for the OS admin to manage.

Hp UX learning document is good too as a fresher I was able to easily understand the setup and handle it as admin. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HP-UX?

It used to be a good offering until new products didn't emerge in the market. Application performance was really bad If we compare it to the offerings by RedHat and IBM P series. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HP-UX solving and how is that benefiting you?

App hosting and DB hosting, We have used it as one of the vendor( one of the BANK of Australia) and had their finance setup configured on these servers.

Setup was easy and vendor support was phenominal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.