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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... Storage Backup and Restore Remote Access Service Software Depot Service Web Services Part V Management Practices Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Epilogue Organizational Structures Perception ...
... Storage Documentation Wiki Systems A Search Facility Rollout Issues Self-Management versus Explicit Management 9.2 The Icing 9.2.1 9.2.2 9.2.3 9.2.4 9.2.5 9.2.6 A Dynamic Documentation Repository A Content-Management System A Culture of ...
... Storage 25.1 The Basics 543 543 544 544 546 547 549 550 552 552 553 554 556 557 558 559 559 560 561 562 565 566 566 568 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 578 579 580 583 25.1.2 Managing Storage 25.1.3 Storage as a Service 25.1.4 Performance.
... Storage 25.1.3 Storage as a Service 25.1.4 Performance 25.1.5 Evaluating New Storage Solutions 25.1.6 Common Problems 25.2 The Icing 25.2.1 Optimizing RAID Usage by Applications 25.2.2 Storage Limits: Disk Access Density Gap 25.2.3 ...
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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