<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">Research and post to this list the answers to these questions:<br class=""><br class="">The best formal description of what a system administrator does is... ?<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote>Maintain the system to ensure the&nbsp;stability, security,&nbsp;reliability and so on. Responsible for an integrated system environment, including the os and the needed software.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Reference:</div><div><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/what-is-the-role-of-the-system-administrator/" class="">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" class="">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" class="">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&amp;jid=53825001&amp;" class="">https://www.google.com/about/careers/search#!t=jo&amp;jid=53825001&amp;</a></div><div><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Name three community resources widely recognized of value for System<br class="">Administrators.<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><div>Community:</div><div>StackOverflow / Linux kernel community / Google</div><div>Software:</div><div>Webmin / tcpdump / shell</div><div><br class=""></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" class="">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/" class="">http://sourceforge.net/directory/system-administration/os:linux/freshness:recently-updated/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7870/" class="">http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7870/</a></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">What are the top ten conferences for System Administrators?<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><ol class=""><li class="">Microsoft Ignite (TechEd) (<a href="http://ignite.microsoft.com/" class="">http://ignite.microsoft.com/</a>)</li><li class="">LINUXCON (<a href="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america" class="">http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-north-america</a>)</li><li class="">RedHat (<a href="http://www.redhat.com/summit/" class="">http://www.redhat.com/summit/</a>)</li><li class="">Techmentor (<a href="http://techmentorevents.com/Home.aspx" class="">http://techmentorevents.com/Home.aspx</a>)</li><li class="">LinuxFest Northwest (<a href="http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2015" class="">http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/2015</a>)</li><li class="">LISA (<a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15" class="">https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15</a>)</li><li class="">vmworld (<a href="http://www.vmworld.com/" class="">http://www.vmworld.com/</a>)</li><li class="">oscon (<a href="http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015" class="">http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015</a>)</li><li class="">sans (<a href="http://www.sans.org/event/sans-2015" class="">http://www.sans.org/event/sans-2015</a>)</li><li class="">Nags World Conference (<a href="http://www.nagios.com/events/nagiosworldconference/northamerica/2015" class="">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/" class="">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/" class="">http://blog.serverfault.com/2011/01/13/what-conferences-should-sysadmins-attend/</a></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">What are the top three schools to get a degree in System Administration<br class="">from?<br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY</li><li class="">Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI</li><li class="">Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA</li></ol><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Reference:</div><div class=""><a href="http://education-portal.com/articles/Top_Schools_for_Systems_Administration.html" class="">http://education-portal.com/articles/Top_Schools_for_Systems_Administration.html</a></div><br class=""></div><div><div class=""><div class="">Best Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Xiakun Lu</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>