<div dir="ltr"><div>>What a System Administration does:</div><div><div>1, Administers and manages systems.</div><div>2, maintain server's network and their associated hardware stability and reliability.</div><div>3, data backup, manage data, and keeping software up-to-date.</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.interworx.com/community/what-is-the-job-of-a-system-administrator/" target="_blank">http://www.interworx.com/community/what-is-the-job-of-a-system-administrator/<br></a></div><div>>Name three community resources widely recognized of value for System Administrators.</div><div><br></div><div>serverfault, stackoverflow, stack exchange.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://serverfault.com/" target="_blank">http://serverfault.com/<br></a></div><div><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/</a></div><div><a href="http://stackexchange.com/" target="_blank">http://stackexchange.com/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.tonido.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/04/top-10-resources-for-system-administrators/#.VNLKwVXF88Z" target="_blank">http://www.tonido.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/04/top-10-resources-for-system-administrators/#.VNLKwVXF88Z<br></a></div><div><br></div><div>What are the top ten conferences for System Administrators?</div><div>//Totally same as Xiakun's result.</div><div><br></div>Top 3 schools to get a degree in System Administration :<div><br></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#1 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>University of California—Berkeley </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Berkeley, CA</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#2 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Massachusetts Institute of Technology </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Cambridge, MA</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#3 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Stanford University </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Stanford, CA</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#4 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Carnegie Mellon University </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Pittsburgh, PA</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#5 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>University of Washington </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Seattle, WA</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#6 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Georgia Institute of Technology </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Atlanta, GA</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#7 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Urbana, IL</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#8 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>University of Texas—Austin </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Austin, TX</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#8 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>University of Wisconsin—Madison </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Madison, WI</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">#10 <span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>University of Michigan—Ann Arbor </span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">Ann Arbor, MI</span></font></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><a href="http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-systems-rankings"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px">http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-systems-rankings</span><br></a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:17.234001159668px"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Xiakun Lu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xlu9@stevens.edu" target="_blank">xlu9@stevens.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><span class=""><blockquote type="cite">Research and post to this list the answers to these questions:<br><br>The best formal description of what a system administrator does is... ?<br><br></blockquote></span>Maintain the system to ensure the stability, security, reliability and so on. Responsible for an integrated system environment, including the os and the needed software.</div><div><br></div><div>Reference:</div><div><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-is-the-role-of-the-system-administrator/" target="_blank">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-is-the-role-of-the-system-administrator/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.americasjobexchange.com/system-administrator-job-description" target="_blank">http://www.americasjobexchange.com/system-administrator-job-description</a></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/14931843?trk=jserp_job_details_text" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/14931843?trk=jserp_job_details_text</a></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/about/careers/search#!t=jo&jid=53825001&" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/about/careers/search#!t=jo&jid=53825001&</a></div><div><span class=""><br><br><blockquote type="cite">Name three community resources widely recognized of value for System<br>Administrators.<br><br></blockquote></span><div>Community:</div><div>StackOverflow / Linux kernel community / Google</div><div>Software:</div><div>Webmin / tcpdump / shell</div><div><br></div><div>Reference:</div><div><a href="http://www.tonido.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/04/top-10-resources-for-system-administrators/#.VNG4BVXF_Qw" target="_blank">http://www.tonido.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/04/top-10-resources-for-system-administrators/#.VNG4BVXF_Qw</a></div><div><a href="http://sourceforge.net/directory/system-administration/os:linux/freshness:recently-updated/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/directory/system-administration/os:linux/freshness:recently-updated/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7870/" target="_blank">http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7870/</a></div><span class=""><br><blockquote type="cite">What are the top ten conferences for System Administrators?<br><br></blockquote></span><ol><li>Microsoft Ignite (TechEd) (<a href="http://ignite.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">http://ignite.microsoft.com/</a>)</li><li>LINUXCON (<a href="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america" target="_blank">http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america</a>)</li><li>RedHat (<a href="http://www.redhat.com/summit/" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/summit/</a>)</li><li>Techmentor (<a href="http://techmentorevents.com/Home.aspx" target="_blank">http://techmentorevents.com/Home.aspx</a>)</li><li>LinuxFest Northwest (<a href="http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2015" target="_blank">http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2015</a>)</li><li>LISA (<a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15" target="_blank">https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15</a>)</li><li>vmworld (<a href="http://www.vmworld.com/" target="_blank">http://www.vmworld.com/</a>)</li><li>oscon (<a href="http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015" target="_blank">http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015</a>)</li><li>sans (<a href="http://www.sans.org/event/sans-2015" target="_blank">http://www.sans.org/event/sans-2015</a>)</li><li>Nags World Conference (<a href="http://www.nagios.com/events/nagiosworldconference/northamerica/2015" target="_blank">http://www.nagios.com/events/nagiosworldconference/northamerica/2015</a>)</li></ol></div><div>Reference:</div><div><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1vdw2c/2014_systems_administration_tech_conferences/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1vdw2c/2014_systems_administration_tech_conferences/</a></div><div><a href="http://blog.serverfault.com/2011/01/13/what-conferences-should-sysadmins-attend/" target="_blank">http://blog.serverfault.com/2011/01/13/what-conferences-should-sysadmins-attend/</a></div><div><span class=""><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>What are the top three schools to get a degree in System Administration<br>from?<br><br></div></blockquote></span><ol><li>Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY</li><li>Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI</li><li>Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA</li></ol><div><br></div><div>Reference:</div><div><a href="http://education-portal.com/articles/Top_Schools_for_Systems_Administration.html" target="_blank">http://education-portal.com/articles/Top_Schools_for_Systems_Administration.html</a></div><br></div><div><div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Xiakun Lu</div><div><br></div></div></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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