Practice of System and Network Administration, The: Volume 1: DevOps and other Best Practices for Enterprise IT 3rd Edition

by Thomas Limoncelli (Author), Christina Hogan (Author), Strata Chalup (Author)

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With 28 new chapters, the third edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration innovates yet again! Revised with thousands of updates and clarifications based on reader feedback, this new edition also incorporates DevOps strategies even for non-DevOps environments.

Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this new edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to protégé. This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced frameworks valuable for their entire career, yet is structured to help even experts through difficult projects.

Other books tell you what commands to type. This book teaches you the cross-platform strategies that are timeless!

DevOps techniques: Apply DevOps principles to enterprise IT infrastructure, even in environments without developers
Game-changing strategies: New ways to deliver results faster with less stress
Fleet management: A comprehensive guide to managing your fleet of desktops, laptops, servers and mobile devices
Service management: How to design, launch, upgrade and migrate services
Measurable improvement: Assess your operational effectiveness; a forty-page, pain-free assessment system you can start using today to raise the quality of all services
Design guides: Best practices for networks, data centers, email, storage, monitoring, backups and more
Management skills: Organization design, communication, negotiation, ethics, hiring and firing, and more

Have you ever had any of these problems?

Have you been surprised to discover your backup tapes are blank?
Ever spent a year launching a new service only to be told the users hate it?
Do you have more incoming support requests than you can handle?
Do you spend more time fixing problems than building the next awesome thing?
Have you suffered from a botched migration of thousands of users to a new service?
Does your company rely on a computer that, if it died, can’t be rebuilt?
Is your network a fragile mess that breaks any time you try to improve it?
Is there a periodic “hell month” that happens twice a year? Twelve times a year?
Do you find out about problems when your users call you to complain?
Does your corporate “Change Review Board” terrify you?
Does each division of your company have their own broken way of doing things?
Do you fear that automation will replace you, or break more than it fixes?
Are you underpaid and overworked?

No vague “management speak” or empty platitudes. This comprehensive guide provides real solutions that prevent these problems and more!

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About the Author

Thomas A. Limoncelli is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and system administrator with more than twenty years of experience at companies like Google, Bell Labs, and StackOverflow.com.

Christina J. Hogan has more than twenty years of experience in system administration and network engineering, from Silicon Valley to Italy and Switzerland. She has a master’s degree in computer science, a doctorate in aeronautical engineering, and has been part of a Formula 1 racing team.

Strata R. Chalup has more than twenty-five years of experience in Silicon Valley, focusing on IT strategy, best-practices, and scalable infrastructures at firms that include Apple, Sun, Cisco, McAfee, and Palm.

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ASIN : 0321919165
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional; 3rd edition (November 4, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 1232 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780321919168
ISBN-13 : 978-0321919168
Item Weight : 3.34 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.75 x 9.1 inches

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Travis

The third edition is the perfect, much needed update to the second edition

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2017

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This book is a crucial library item for any System or Network Administrator regardless of how many years you have under your belt. I picked up the second edition when I first became a sysadmin and it helped me a lot throughout my career. I was very excited when it was announced that this third edition was coming as the second edition has not aged well. The third edition is the perfect, much needed update to the second edition. This new version is definitely now up-to-date and should hopefully give us another decade of service. I definitely recommend this book for the sysadmin in your life or in your office. I always recommend it to my colleagues as it contains valuable information for your career. In fact, buy a few copies because if you loan this book out, I doubt you'll get it back!

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Allan West

I buy extra copies to loan to my colleagues

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016

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This book is a great starting place for new system administrators, and also contains valuable information and ways to think about problems for senior system administrators. I own the first edition, and the third edition is full of more new things, but equally accessible and easy to read. Start with any chapter and you can learn something useful, or read it front to back for a wholistic view. I am the interrupt sponge (see p10) for my team, but I use this book as a resource for teaching and mentoring.

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Barry Layton

Every IT person's "How-To" guide to go by

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019

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This is literally the "How-To" book of IT. I wish I knew this stuff when I was at the early stages of getting into the IT field. I've been in the field now for close to 14 years and I can say with all confidence this is more important than any certification you will get. The lessons learned in this book are priceless. Some things I read in here I literally find myself gaping and face-palming wishing I'd known this when I started it. It delves into every concept of being an IT person from server handling to network concepts to troubleshooting to the fabled 8th layer, which I believe is the true most important layer of them all (users and politics).

As an SA you are going to need skill outside of IT and be able to communicate efficiently with mostly people that have no idea what you're talking about. As an SA you will also need to be able to troubleshoot and document tickets, as well as send and manage emails with different departments, in and outside of IT. As an SA you will need to also work with others and become part of the team. Develop a culture where you're seen as an advocate and not a clerk. This book will help you do all that and then some.

tl;dr - Get this book and read it. It's BIG, but read the table of contents and start where you think you should start.

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This is an amazing book and was very excited to see this new ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017

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This is an amazing book and was very excited to see this new edition come up. I work in the IT field and wear many hats and this book provides me with guidance to be successful in all areas in IT from service desk to Infrastructure to Web services. IT can be a rough spot for many but this book really sheds some great insight, practical tools, and positive ideas to get through not only through the technical facets, but also what I feel were left out from the OSI model - Layer 8 the political layer. 😀 I admire these authors and the experiences they have shared in this book. Kudos to them and I hope they continue to share more in future editions to come.

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unpredictable and very interesting!

The book to have as a safety net period ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2019

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Fabulous book the goto for every area that I might get stuck on. I’ve reread sections that I was sure I knew everything that there was to know about them and still I learned something. I’ve been an Admin, an SE, a Designer, and even a CTO but I still refer to this book and now the latest edition of it all the darn time!

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A great read for all sysadmins

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2017

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Thomas's series of the Practice of System and Network administrstion is the essential guide to both new and experienced system administrators who want to do better at their jobs. This book consists of practical advice to get through the daily grind. Thumbs up!

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CPK

This book is well known in the field.

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017

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Gift for my husband and he was extremely happy with this book.

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DZNJ

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2021

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Well written and organized. Many common sense tips and tricks. Anyone, not just system administrators, can benefit from reading this book.

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Nucky Delgado

Must read for every sysadmin.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2018

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It teaches lessons through real life experiences (mostly hassles), which need not to be happening to you if you have the knowledge.

James

Totally comprehensive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2019

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A good balance between the technical and management aspects of SA, with a clear focus on efficiency. A good read!

D. Pettitt

A classic. So happy to finally have it on my shelf.

Reviewed in Canada on August 23, 2017

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I'd read bits and pieces of the 2nd edition. Haven't fully read this 3rd edition, but I've skimmed through it, and read a few individual chapters in detail. They've definitely updated and added some good material to reflect developments in the IT world since the last edition, but the overall package is a good reminder that the fundamental principles haven't really changed.

Felix

Excellent book for new and experienced SysAdmins

Reviewed in Germany on December 18, 2020

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I'm not a proffesional S.A. but it'S my responsability to maintain our small office network. Wish I had bought this book before, it would have saved me a lot of time. It is well written, covers all aspects of being a system administrator. The fact that it covers concepts means it will still be relevant years from now.
Highly recommend it!

Kyle P.

Must read for all IT personnel

Reviewed in Canada on May 18, 2017

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With only remaining to read in the book I can say it has been an absolute pleasure to read.
It's well wrote, flows through nicely from start to finish but you can also just jump to a chapter or subject in the book without being lost or feeling you missed something. Very much recommended for nearly any one in IT