The Practice of System and Network Administration: Prac Sys Net Admin _p2The first edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration introduced a generation of system and network administrators to a modern IT methodology. Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this newly revised edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to protégé. This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced frameworks valuable for their entire career, yet is structured to help even the most advanced experts through difficult projects. The book's four major sections build your knowledge with the foundational elements of system administration. These sections guide you through better techniques for upgrades and change management, catalog best practices for IT services, and explore various management topics. Chapters are divided into The Basics and The Icing. When you get the Basics right it makes every other aspect of the job easier--such as automating the right things first. The Icing sections contain all the powerful things that can be done on top of the basics to wow customers and managers. Inside, you'll find advice on topics such as
It's no wonder the first edition received Usenix SAGE's 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award! This eagerly anticipated second edition updates this time-proven classic:
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... Reliability Decreasing Costs Adding Features Stopping the Hurt When Doing “This” Building Customer Confidence Building the Team's Self-Confidence Improving the Team's Follow-Through Handling Ethics Issues My Dishwasher Leaves Spots on ...
... Reliability and Service Ability 4.2.2 An Alternative: Many Inexpensive Servers 4.3 Conclusion 5 Services 39 41 44 46 54 57 61 65 65 66 66 67 69 69 69 72 72 74 78 78 79 80 83 84 84 89 92 95 5.1.6 Machine Independence 5.1.7 Environment ...
... Reliability 5.1.10 Single or Multiple Servers 5.1.11 Centralization and Standards 5.1.12 Performance 5.1.13 Monitoring 5.1.14 Service Rollout 5.2 The Icing 5.3 5.2.1 Dedicated Machines 5.2.2 Full Redundancy 5.2.3 Dataflow Analysis for ...
... Reliability 7.2.2 Multiple Administrative Domains Conclusion 7.3.1 Constants in Networking 7.3.2 Things That Change in Network Design 8 Namespaces 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Basics 8.1.1 Namespace Policies 8.1.2 Namespace Change Procedures 8.1.3 ...
... Reliability Simplicity Spam and Virus Blocking Generality Automation Basic Monitoring Redundancy Scaling Security Issues Communication 23.2 The Icing 23.2.1 23.2.2 23.2.3 23.2.4 Encryption Email Retention Policy Advanced Monitoring High ...
Contents
Foundation Elements | 39 |
Change Processes | 389 |
Providing Services | 521 |
A Management Practices | 725 |
Epilogue | 909 |
Appendixes | 911 |
The Many Roles of a System Administrator | 913 |
Acronyms | 939 |
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