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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... Roles of a System Administrator Appendix B Acronyms Bibliography Index 521 523 543 565 583 619 653 667 689 725 727 751 777 819 853 871 899 909. 911. 913 939 945 955 Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I Getting Started 1 vi ...
... Role 29.1.3 Service-Level Agreements 29.1.4 Web Service Architectures 29.1.5 Monitoring 29.1.6 Scaling for Web Services 29.1.7 Web Service Security 29.1.8 Content Management 29.1.9 Building the Manageable Generic Web Server The Icing ...
... 906 Epilogue 909 Appendixes 911 Appendix A The Many Roles of. 36.2 36.2.1 Have a Single Authentication Database 36.2.2 System File Changes 36.3 Conclusion 1. Throughout the book, we refer to the end users Contents xxiii.
... roles in the organizations, and how their careers can progress. Intermediate SAs will learn how to approach more complex problems and how to improve their sites and make their jobs easier and their customers happier. Whatever level you ...
... role. 6. Basics first means that you build the site on strong foundations by identifying and solving the basic problems before trying to attack more advanced ones. Doing the basics first makes adding advanced features considerably ...
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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