Linux® On-Site System Administration
Expert Setup and Ongoing System Management Services

Expert Management of Your Linux Systems
Maximize the productivity of your Linux systems and augment your staff with the experts from SGI. Through Linux On-Site System Administration services, an SGI systems engineer will perform crucial system setup, administration, upgrade, and expansion tasks.

Comprehensive, Customized Services
With the flexible options of Linux On-Site System Administration, you can purchase the services of an on-site engineer for a specified number of days to be used during the year or a certain number of days per week for the entire year-all the way up to full-time, five-day-a-week administration.

When you maintain a full support contract for the systems covered by this program, SGI provides replacements for planned absences such as vacations. Your on-site engineer can perform tasks tailored to your specific requirements, including:

  • Installing and configuring new systems and setting up new users
  • Basic system administration such as disk management, space and memory allocation, operating system upgrades, and patch management
  • Identifying and fixing problems in Linux OS usage and providing workarounds
  • Assisting with the allocation of system resources and OS tuning and configuration
  • Writing scripts to automate necessary procedures such as backup and applications
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Linux On-Site System Administration Features and Benefits

Features
• Setup and ongoing maintenance of Linux software on workstations and servers
• Knowledge transfer to in-house administrators and end users
• Flexible packages with a wide range of task options

Benefits
• Accelerated productivity: lets you respond faster to problems
• Expanded support: reduces your support work-load and helps you meet required service levels
• Optimum efficiency: increases the effectiveness of your system administrators
• Enhanced value: reduces cost of ownership


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