The Practice of System and Network Administration

With 28 new chapters, the third edition of <i> <b>The Practice of System and Network Administration</b> </i> innovates yet again Revised with thousands of updates and clarifications based on reader feedback, this new edition also incorporates DevOps strategies even for non-DevOps environments. </p> </p> Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this new edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to prot g . This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced frameworks valuable for their entire career, yet is structured to help even experts through difficult projects. </p> </p> Other books tell you what commands to type. This book teaches you the cross-platform strategies that are timeless <br> </p> <ul> <li>DevOps techniques: Apply DevOps principles to enterprise IT infrastructure, even in environments without developers </li> <li>Game-changing strategies: New ways to deliver results faster with less stress </li> <li>Fleet management: A comprehensive guide to managing your fleet of desktops, laptops, servers and mobile devices </li> <li>Service management: How to design, launch, upgrade and migrate services </li> <li>Measurable improvement: Assess your operational effectiveness; a forty-page, pain-free assessment system you can start using today to raise the quality of all services </li> <li>Design guides: Best practices for networks, data centers, email, storage, monitoring, backups and more </li> <li>Management skills: Organization design, communication, negotiation, ethics, hiring and firing, and more </li> </ul> <br> </p> <i>Have you ever had any of these problems? </i> </p> <ul> <li>Have you been surprised to discover your backup tapes are blank? </li> <li>Ever spent a year launching a new service only to be told the users hate it? </li> <li>Do you have more incoming support requests than you can handle? </li> <li>Do you spend more time fixing problems than building the next awesome thing? </li> <li>Have you suffered from a botched migration of thousands of users to a new service? </li> <li>Does your company rely on a computer that, if it died, can't be rebuilt? </li> <li>Is your network a fragile mess that breaks any time you try to improve it? </li> <li>Is there a periodic "hell month" that happens twice a year? Twelve times a year? </li> <li>Do you find out about problems when your users call you to complain? </li> <li>Does your corporate "Change Review Board" terrify you? </li> <li>Does each division of your company have their own broken way of doing things? </li> <li>Do you fear that automation will replace you, or break more than it fixes? </li> <li>Are you underpaid and overworked? </li> </ul> <br> </p> No vague "management speak" or empty platitudes. This comprehensive guide provides real solutions that prevent these problems and more </p> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE