On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, David Mandala said:
DM>Hmmm, which RAID, linux or hardware? Nope I don't think we can assume it's
DM>an operational staple on many/most production servers. It might be worth
DM>doing at L3.
I think the discussion is centering around both software and hardware
implementations... bear in mind... we want to test what people believe a senior
sys-admin needs to know... I cannot imagine that RAID implementations,
maintenance and troubleshooting would not be a part of that.
DM>Quoting Stephen Holcomb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
DM>> It seems that because RAID is an operational staple on many/most production
DM>> servers, it is wholly appropriate to the L2 level. Comments?
DM>>
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DM>> Subject: Re: LPIC-2 Job Description - Review & Comments Requested
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DM>> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Chuck Mead wrote:
DM>> >
DM>> > > It's my opinion that the Level III exams are intended to provide a
DM>> certification
DM>> > > avenue for high level Linux folk who want to specialize. For this reason
DM>> the
DM>> > > rubber meets the road in *THIS* level
DM>> >
DM>> > Good point, Chuck.
DM>> >
DM>> > One of the principle that should guide our planning for L2 is that this is
DM>> > the last level in which everyone will take the same exams. After L2,
DM>> > candidates will take only elective exams in specialized area. So any
DM>> > material that should be known by ALL top level system admins needs to be
DM>> > included here in L2. In other words, L2 provides the least common
DM>> > denominator for advanced system administrators.
DM>> >
DM>> > > I am going to bring it up now... what do folks think about testing
DM>> xinetd? It is
DM>> > > much more configurable than wrappers and provides a higher level of
DM>> security
DM>> > > when properly implemented!
DM>> >
DM>> > I doubt it should be included since it is not standard. When we do the job
DM>> > analysis study, xinetd probably will rate very low because few are using
DM>> > it. Of course, that may change in the future.
DM>> >
DM>> > > Perhaps we may want to get into some RAID here... we *are* talking about
DM>> > > advanced hardware devices here! We should also discuss software RAID as
DM>> the
DM>> > > raid1 implementation in the 0.90 raidtools is very nice and quite
DM>> stable!
DM>> >
DM>> > I don't know. Perhaps this should be saved for an "advanced system
DM>> > perfornance enhancement" elective at L3. What do others think?
DM>> >
DM>> > -Scott
DM>> >
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DM>> > Developing quality professional certification for the Linux community
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