Understand the concepts, processes and technologies that will aid in your professional development as a new system administrator. While every information technology culture is specific to its parent organization, there are commonalities that apply to all organizations.<br /><br /><em>The Accidental SysAdmin Handbook, Second Edition</em> looks at those commonalities and provides a general introduction to critical aspects associated with system administration. It further acts to provide definitions and patterns for common computer terms and acronyms.<br /><br /><b>What You Will Learn</b><br /><br />Build and manage home networking and plan more complex network environments<br />Manage the network layer and service architectures as well as network support plans<br />Develop a server hardware strategy and understand the physical vs. virtual server ecosystem<br />Handle data storage, data strategies and directory services, and central account management<br />Work with DNS, DHCP, IP v4 and I