Linux System Administration

System Administration - from Wikipedia

“A system administrator, systems administrator, or sysadmin, is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network. System administrators may be members of an information technology department.”

“The duties of a system administrator are wide-ranging, and vary widely from one organisation to another. Sysadmins are usually charged with installing, supporting, and maintaining servers or other computer systems, and planning for and responding to service outages and other problems. Other duties may include scripting or light programming, project management for systems-related projects, supervising or training computer operators, and being the consultant for computer problems beyond the knowledge of technical support staff. A System Administrator must demonstrate a blend of technical skills and responsibility.”

ForLinux provides an exceptional outsourced solution for System Administration. Our SysAdmin knowledge and experience is second to none, built up by successfully identifying and resolving technical issues across a wide range of business sectors.   

We can support you by:

  • Helping you with any day-to-day server support issues, providing you with the latest technical knowledge and advice to resolve problems quickly and first time around.
  • Managing your Linux based Internet hosting architecture and application platform, with complete 24×7 monitoring and management of online availability, performance and security.
  • Designing, implementing and managing the complete application based on Apache Web server with PHP and MySQL database.
  • Providing complex solutions involving Java applications and catering for multiple database servers.
  • Planning, developing and implementing load balanced web servers with disaster recovery solutions.
  • Undertaking security assessments, providing patch management and enhanced security recommendations.
  • Advising on architecture design so that your infrastructure will cope with current and future demand.
  • Providing bespoke Service Level Agreements, customised to cover transactional integrity, security of sensitive information, application performance and application availability.

For many of our clients, ForLinux has become “a Linux knowledge base” where technical problems are dealt with swiftly and professionally, and where added-value support is given in the provision of the latest industry and application updates. With customer service at the heart of our operations, you and your clients will benefit from competitively priced quality assured support solutions delivered by experienced and qualified technology experts.

Need extra support to manage and maintain your servers effectively?

Already supporting the IT teams of several companies, our contracted System Administration service is making a real difference to their online business performance. We can help improve your server availability, performance and security too - please call us on 01636 881200 for a competitive quote to meet your specific requirements.

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