CLA Best Practices: Server Admin
The items below comprise a check-list for a well-run server. Several might already be addressed by policies or guidelines from central University offices, and any conflict arising here will be resolved in favor of pre-existing prudent policies.
- Clear responsibility for the server is assigned to a College office, department, or unit.
- Good quality hardware and software is used to provide reliability and maintainability.
- The physical location is specific and secure.
- Regular maintenance is performed for server software security, quality and performance issues.
- Non-public data is protected.
- The responsible unit takes care of network attack and intrusion events.
- Professional quality backups of the disk contents are sustained.
- Data recovery procedures are tested.
For a more complete guide on how to administer a well-run server in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), see the Well-Run Server Guide. It includes more details about the above guidelines as well as policies and resources for system administrator in CLA.
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