I was hoping that some of you who work in the industry might be willing to share some of your experiences as a UNIX systems administrator. I am still trying to figure out what to do with my life and ...

Last week I briefly departed from reality, thanks to the inexplicable actions of the CRTC, but this week, I’m off the drugs and back on terra firma — sort of. Anyway, to celebrate my return to the ...

I currently work on a Desktop Support team at a university hospital. Our IS department does a good job at moving people around and some of us will end up on server team (mostly windows, novell, and ...

Excerpt from Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook: Performance analysis and tuning are often likened to system administration witchcraft. They’re not really witchcraft, but they do qualify as ...

サービスを初めてから高負荷になるまで さて、 今回からは具体的に、 個人でサービスを初めてからシステムを増強していくまでの課程を説明していきたいと思います。 まずサービスを始める際は、 手っ取り早さやコストの問題などから、 複数のユーザと ...

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fifth Edition, is today’s guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining any UNIX or Linux system, including systems that supply core Internet and ...

Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide by Wale Soyinka is a hands-on manual for IT staffers who must dance with Windows and Linux. It is a practical guide for network admins who deploy and maintain ...

The SCO Groupは10月19日 （米国時間⁠）⁠、 同社CEO兼社長のDarl McBride氏を10月14日付けで解雇したことを発表した。 SCOは2007年9月に連邦破産法第11章 （Chapter 11） を申請しており、 現在は経営再建中の途上にある。経営破たんの大きな要因となったのはUNIX／ Linux ...

From the looks of it, ZFS administration is significantly simpler than administration of other complex file systems such as Solaris Disk Suite and Veritas Volume ...

We’re not talking about the kind of funny that starts off with three Unix administrators walking into a bar. Were that the case I might be able to explain why Brendan Gregg’s collection of “freeware ...