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“she cannae take any more Cap’n…”

Dale Reagan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:49:13 +0000

Are you ready for a *Scotty Event? Ready for the next level? So what are the limits of your system? solution? Several years ago my employer had a great product with a major problem (which, of course, occurred as a Scotty Event.) Part of the system’s team job was to make sure that the OS and hardware [...]

“she cannae take any more Cap’n…”

SAs and the need for Whoops! Systems Administrators (SAs) need some Whoops! time. In addition to...
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System Adminstration – The Rules

Dale Reagan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:44:48 +0000

For me, these pre-date a popular US TV show (NCIS – ‘the rules’ referred to – connected to the character, ‘Gibbs’.) The first three get the most mileage. BTW – SA=SE (from my chair, sys-admin = systems engineer ~ anyone working on your IT infrastructure.) You will do no harm - nothing you do will negatively [...]

System Adminstration – The Rules

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