[Leaplist] Linux Industry Certs... good idea?

[Hank Lambert]

I have to agree. There are far more Micro$oft jobs available because 
they need constant maintenance. If nothing else, they need constant 
patching to avoid security issues and exploits; and if it's a business 
critical server, you do not allow micro$oft to automatically update it 
for you. They don't call it black Tuesday for nothing. Manual patching 
requires personnel.

We have a Windoze 2003 DC, and after 3 years, it is flaking out. There 
are no errors in the event viewer, there are no signs of problems, and 
it runs 24/7. But for some unknown reason, clients receiving DHCP info 
from that server are having connectivity issues. A second DHCP server 
has been installed, and clients moved to that server (static IP network) 
are working flawlessly. And the second server got it's information via 
Active Directory replication. ????

On the same note, the man who hosts many of our e-mail clients runs 
Linux Sendmail servers. He normally pulls them down once a year or so 
for physical cleaning and maintenance. Once he brings them back up, they 
run quietly in the background until the next maintenance. These servers 
have been running over 7 years, and only once did one of the machines 
come down unexpectedly, and that was due to the CPU which died. He also 
runs DNS servers which have only gone down once in the last 2 years that 
I have known him, and that was due to a power outage. Once the power was 
restored, the servers came back up on their own and continue to work.

Hank Lambert
KB4MTO
Certified Geek


Randall Perry wrote:
> On 1/22/08, Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
>   
>> These are on craigslist, Dice, or Monster in the Orlando area? ;)
>>
>> There's plenty of Linux out there, absolutely.  Full time Linux employment in
>> Orlando?  Not so much.  If I missed something, I'd love to be proven wrong on
>> this.
>>     
> The problem is that Linux just runs too well, so that you don't have
> to babysit it like a Windows Server.
> (partly in jest, but it is just plain true. I can manage 15 Linux
> servers for as much time as I spent on 1 Windows server).
>
> I started installing Linux in mission-critical roles in late 90's.
> In the past 8 years, I have migrated Windows email, web and file
> servers to Linux.
> But these boxes don't require monitoring.  Heck, they do that
> themselves and sms off any problems.  Quick SSH in and it gets done.
> The only down times are due to occasional hardware failure (like
> replacing the drives after 3 years) .
> I spend more time working on user-created problems, wiring jobs or development.
> Maybe I should push to get these businesses on Windows 2003 server.
> At least I could guarantee a regular workload from my clients that way!
>
>   

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