Hi Everyone, I'm looking for advice, salary surveys, requirements, etc. for hiring a Systems Administrator for a new company I'm involved with. What we're planning to build is a business information service that supports our research analysts with information and infographics presentation tools. The database will be approximately 5 Tb, so it's big, but not unmanageable, and we're aiming to achieve facebook size numbers. Behind the curtain are a couple of built-from-scratch Linux servers optimized for reliability and network speed. Unfortunately, it seems that the only way I'll get the other founders to put a Linux workstation in their hands is if I can first pry their cold, dead fingers off their Windows keyboards, so the new SA may be required to know something about Windows networks and security.
I've been doing this job for now, but mostly just the donkey work ( triage the logs, feed, groom, exercise, and sometimes muck out, etc. ) The stuff that goes beyond me I contract with a friend to keep the disk drives in the RAID10 all spinning in harmony like so many Nepalese prayer wheels. But he's got a full-time job (the good ones aren't lacking for work these days) So he's available only at certain times. This group seems to have a lot of experience with Linux system administration,and even though I'm in the Denver Metro Area you all seem to collectively have the broadest and deepest knowledge, so that's why I've come all this distance to the well ;-) I'm going to do some on-line searching, but I would appreciate any guidance so I don't get off on the wrong foot. Thank you in advance! - Bill Thoen _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
