What is involved in the job of Systems Administrator? * Finding out what kind of Computing system is needed by a organization * Choosing right hardware and software to build the systems * Installing/Upgrading Operating Systems and applications * Setting up various system services * Teaching, helping users to use the systems properly * Fixing bugs and errors * Tune the Systems for high performance * Protect the system against accident, abuse and attack * Protect users' data * Managing user accounts and resources * Automating common tasks * Keep documentation of the systems While the systems here is thought to be computers in Local Area Network, ''So?'' ---- SystemsAdministrationPractices ---- Recommended for any SysAdmin: http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/259/ ---- see also NetworksAdministration