Operations System Administration Network

SA Tenets – Automate The Hell Out Of Everything

This is a continuation of the “SA Tenets” series of posts in which I discuss my beliefs about System Administration and work in general

Automate The Hell Out Of Everything

There is an old joke that goes like this:

• The junior SA can’t help you because she is too busy because nothing is automated.

SA Tenets – If You Can’t Open It, You Don’t Own It

This is a continuation of the “SA Tenets” series of posts in which I discuss my beliefs about System Administration and work in general

If You Can’t Open It, You Don’t Own It

This one is borrowed from the MAKE crowd. The gist is to not let external parties dictate what you can and can not do with your resources.

SA Tenets – Manage the Interesting

This is a continuation of the “SA Tenets” series of posts in which I discuss my beliefs about System Administration and work in general

Manage the Interesting

So, you are collecting your statistics. Any you look at them every so often. Maybe you even meet to review them with your customers and bosses.