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System Administrator should know?

I worked as a [tag]system administrator[/tag] for more than 8 years.

What System Administrator should know actually?
A system administrator should know how to climb a learning curve quickly. If a new technology arrives, such as virtualization, you need to master it before it masters you. You also need to know how to apply it in your environment.

System Administrator should know:

  • Networking -Cisco Router, Huawei Router, Advanced Networking design & implementation, Advanced Routing, and etc
  • Security - Patching update, Firewall, AntiVirus, Anti Spyware, Anti Hacking, CheckPoint, Sonicwall, Astaro, Netscreen, Shorewall, WatchGuard, and etc
  • OS - Linux, Redhat, Suse, Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Unix, Sun Solaris, SCO/Linux, HP Unix, Windows NT, Windows 2000/2003, DOS, AS 400, Novell, and etc
  • Application - Mail Server, Qmail, Sendmail, Postfix, Squiremail, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange server, Proxy Server, Squid, Microsoft ISA server, DNS, DHCP, VPN, SSH, LDAP, Tomcat, Java, Apache, Active Directory, eDirectory, Tivoli, PHP, Perl, Ajax, Python, C, C++, MySQL, Oracle database, Sysbase, Informix, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Shell Script, and etc
  • Others - SAN, experience in Data center operations, Backup/Recovery, Storage, Documentation, Project planning, Project Implementation, hardware trouble shooting/repair, system performance knowledge, tuning, RAID, Thin client, and etc

Wow so many many things! How many percent you know? How to learn? I’m not a robot :P

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3 Responses to “System Administrator should know?”

  1. mr Says:

    August 3rd, 2006 at 10:47 pm

    personally, i dont think knowing products is important. what’s most important is learning and understanding the concepts. e.g. in programming, if you understand how to handle logic in a programmatic manner, it’s just a matter of applying syntax on top of it. same with sysadmin. if you understand the basic foundations and concepts, e.g. user accounts, rights, filesystems, mail transfer agents, database tablespaces, stored procedures, etc. then it’s just a matter of applying product knowledge.

  2. Tom,Dick&Harry Says:

    August 3rd, 2006 at 11:35 pm

    “things”, not “thinks”

    IT covers wide scope, no one in this world could master it all

  3. Planet Malaysia Says:

    August 4th, 2006 at 11:19 am

    Tom,Dick&Harry: thanks for informed, typo error updated :)

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