From: bernie <bernie@75.147.59.54>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:38:28 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Edit page SystemAdministratorRole
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Edit page SystemAdministratorRole
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@@ -40,30 +40,28 @@ production systems, all of which are still in service:
  Fully managed remotely, including power fencing and
  robotized tape juggler.
 
- * I've configured and installed a cluster of 5 nodes on
- blade CPU boards with shared fiber-channel RAID storage.
- I used a pre-release of RedHat's Advanced Server product
+ * In 2003, I configured and installed a cluster of 5 nodes on
+ blade CPU boards with **shared fiber-channel RAID storage**.
+ I used a pre-release of **RedHat Advanced Server**
  to implement a shared storage pool of 1.5TB with GFS1.
  The system initially went to production without the GFS
  pool because of reliability concerns with this new
  technology.
 
- * '''Genexpress Lab''' - A combo of two servers, each
- acting as a gateway and file server for a security ring.
- This design was done for the Department of Bioengineering
- of the University of Firenze, in Prato's Scientific Center.
+ * **Genexpress Lab** - A combo of two interconnected servers, each
+ acting as a gateway and file server for a security ring. This design
+ was done for the Department of Bioengineering of the University of
+ Firenze, in Prato's Scientific Center.
 
-My philosophy is using mainstream hardware whenever possible
-and concentrate most services on few physical systems.
-The savings in cost can be used to increase availability and
-performance through redundancy.  This strategy leads to
-data-centers that are easy to understand and maintain, while
-at the same time scaling up much better than
-traditional asymmetrical solutions (like web server,
+My philosophy is using mainstream hardware whenever possible and
+concentrate most services on few physical systems. The savings in
+cost can be used to increase availability and performance through
+redundancy. This strategy leads to data-centers that are easy to
+understand and maintain, while at the same time scaling up much
+better than traditional asymmetrical solutions (like web server,
 mail server, db server...).
 
 Being particularly fond of the UNIX culture, I tend to keep
 my systems as open as possible while at the same time very secure.
 
-
 TODO: add a list of server software I use/know