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System Administration
System Administration is the study of a special wing of computer science that teaches about the responsibilities of engineers who install, maintain and run the computer systems. The system administration or sys admin, as it is also referred to as, is the study of maintaining the software and hardware of a system.
The study of System Administration has bright and demanding Careers in Computer Science. The job of a system administrator includes:
- Hardware configuration
- Software installation
- Reconfiguration of the kernel
- Networking
The main job of a system administration depart is to keep the system running and work properly so that it does not hamper the work. The system administration has a wide responsibility that may include every department in an office.
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The system administrator installs, supports, and maintains servers as well as computer systems. The department also takes care of systems-related projects, programming, training the computer operators, and solving every computer related problems in an organization. It’s important for a system administrator to have a thorough technical knowledge.
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Here is a list of the main responsibilities of a system administrator:
- Performing backups
- Auditing systems and software
- Updating operating system
- Changing configuration of system according to the requirements
- Installation and configuration of new software and hardware
- Maintaining the user account by adding, removing and updating the information such as resetting passwords
- Solving technical problems
- Maintaining a security
- Troubleshooting the problems that are reported
- Documenting and configuring the system
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