Chapter 8. Monitoring and Backup
Monitoring and backing up servers are usually mundane tasks that are easy to be overlooked or forgotten. When everything is running smoothly, you may not even think about whether or not your servers have backed up properly, maybe for weeks at a time. Except in the largest of companies, there usually aren't dedicated "Backup Admins" or "Performance Monitoring Gurus." In IT, we all wear many different hats, and they don't always fit on top of each other.
The key phrase above is "when everything is running smoothly." Unfortunately, this state of bliss cannot continue indefinitely. Hardware fails, malware happens, files are accidentally deleted. Suddenly those dull chores of due diligence, such as monitoring the health ...
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