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Summary: Purely theoretical.
Review: This book is full of theories and advices, but fails to mention any means of implementation.
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Summary: A must have book for all sysadmins, regardless of OS!!
Review: This book is long overdue in the System Administration (Sysadmin) world. And I hope that every serious sysadmin gets this book and uses it. While I don't agree with everything the authors says, my issues are minimum compared to all the great stuff.This book does not deal with how to install an OS and similiar low-level technical stuff. There are other good sysadmin books for that. This one deals with the non-technical side of sysadmining. Like the need to properly document how YOU install OSs, for instance. The only other works that come close to this one are the long out of pring "Keys to Successfull Unix Systems Administration" and the recent "Principles of Network and System Administration". I rate this work a little better then Burgess' work.
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Summary: A long awaited jewel
Review: This book is to seniors in the field what the Nemeth/Hein/et al System Administration Handbook is to newcomers. It is clearly written, with excellent discussion of the rationale and thoughts behind making various decisions. Whether it's designing a site from scratch, attempting to normalize legacy structures, or learning to put forward your ideas at the corporate level - and get buy-in, there's something here for everyone. This book is clearly a classic, and sits in a place of honor on my bookshelf.
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Summary: Move beyond the simple day to day stuff
Review: This book should be required reading for certification courses (Unix, Linux, or MS).
No, this book won't help you study for the latest MS test, but it will help you do a better job. Interesting reading, I read it from cover to cover.
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Summary: Evi Nemeth'sUNIX System Administration Handbook is better
Review: This book was 'ok' but don't buy it unless you already have Evi Nemeth's UNIX System Administration Handbook and want to compare it to something less helpful in the real world. ISBN: 0130206016
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Summary: Great Book on Philosophy and Methodology
Review: This is a ''must read'' for both junior and senior system administrators. This book covers a broad set of topics from printing to hiring practices to ethics, as well as wiring standards, high availability methods for data center design, and security policies and how to get those polices through to corporate senior management. The authors are experts at distributed computing, and their vast experience is very nicely related in this tome.
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