sysadmin

Rating My Team: Limoncelli Test (Based on Spolsky) for Sysadmins

Tom Limoncelli has his own version of The Joel Test – except his one is for sysadmins. I was only vaguely aware of Joel Spolsky’s test and only just...

0 replies - 5133 views - 08/21/12 by Oliver Hookins in Articles

Keep it Simple Sysadmin

I’ve been thinking about what I hate about my configuration management system. I seem to spend a lot of time when I want to make a change looking at the...

0 replies - 4450 views - 08/06/12 by Geoffrey Papilion in Articles

Cassandra 101 for System Admins

Although many tutorials focus on development with Cassandra, this presentation by Nathan Milford concerns Cassandra for SysAdmins.Nathan Milford...

0 replies - 2651 views - 01/20/12 by Eric Genesky in Videos

Meet a Sysadmin for lunch instead of Google

I’m doing some work in EC2 and wanted to get a sense for what other folks were doing and what issues they’ve run into. I know that personally, I...

2 replies - 4519 views - 12/31/11 by Aaron Nichols in Articles

Devops from a Sysadmin Perspective

This year LISA (Large Installation System Administration) 2011 Conference has a theme on "devops". The LISA crowd has been practicing automation...

0 replies - 4462 views - 12/13/11 by Patrick Debois in Articles

USA: Computer Professionals Update Act

A bill is currently making its way through the United States Senate that effectively eliminates overtime pay for IT professionals. Matt Simmons, aka. the...

1 replies - 8625 views - 11/17/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in News