18 cardinal rules of systems administration

Rules to live byImage by Thinkstock and flickr/PrayitnoIt's not just knowing how to set up and maintain your servers and understanding how system commands work that makes you a good system administrator -- or even knowing how to fix things when something breaks down, how to monitor performance, how to manage backups, or how to craft superbly clever scripts. It's knowing these things and holding yourself to a set of cardinal rules that help to keep your systems running smoothly and your users hap