donderdag, juli 29, 2004

System Administrator Appreciation Day

System Administrator Appreciation Day: " What is a System Administrator

An individual responsible for maintaining a multi-user computer system, including a local-area network (LAN), wide-area network (WAN), Telephone system, or voice-mail system. See Figure 1. Typical duties include:
Adding and configuring new workstations
Setting up user accounts
Installing system-wide software
Performing procedures to prevent the spread of viruses
Allocating mass storage space
Answering questions

The system administrator is most often called the sysadmin, or S.A., or just the systems administrator. Small organizations may have just one system administrator, whereas larger enterprises usually have a whole team of system administrators."