[OSM-dev] The future of sysadmin

[Milo van der Linden]

Tom Hughes wrote:
> In message <8fcd02310707181602t655a6de7r95be6c80a0fe4456 at mail.gmail.com>
>           80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 1) Remote consoles would seem to be a high priority
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> Agreed.
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>> 2) Each server should have a primary and a secondary sysadmin that can
>>    kill / restart stuff if the primary sysadmin is not available
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> Yep - whilst I understand Steve's point about too many people causing
> problems, we saw last week that it does really need someone who can
> stand in when people (ie me with www in this case) are away.
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Preferably in different timezones. Have you guys invested the
possibility of SMS alert on critical system status? If these primary and
secondary sysadmin have sms alert activated, their response time might
be influenced positively. No more than 2 or 3 trusthworthy people per
server sounds perfect.
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>> 3) OSMF should have a board member with executive responsibility for
>>    Operations.
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Aye, his or her first responsibility would be to set up the admin teams
and maintain continuity in the admin teams.
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> Sounds reasonable.
>
> Tom
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