The long answer is...
While many companies mention a CS degree requirement for Sysadmin Jobs, I have found that they usually leave out the "or equivalent experience" in the offering to cut down on the truly inexperienced admins applying for any sysadmin position. I personally don't have a degree but this has never prevented me from getting a job. Traditionally, their has been little crossover between a CS degree and good sysadmin ability, though this may be changing nowadays with some schools offering a glimpse into what we do. Just know that 1) there are good IT jobs out there and 2) you don't need a degree to get it. I'm living proof.:)
I guess you're right. Even after years of operation and near continuuous occupation the mostly closed systems of Mir and ISS haven't given rise to nasty diseases as far as I'm aware....
And if NASA had found some "alien" bacteria I still highly doubt we would know anything about it.
i take offense to this. I'm at a tech start-up and we have a foosball table (albeit one about to fall apart), and we Do get free soda, but no slick name, and no spiffy presentations. We're just building software.
In my latest batch order of servers (20 x 1U machines) I've got a config made up of:
- intel xeon quadcore X3320 @ 2.5Ghz. These are the "efficient intel cores)
- 4 x 2GB unbuffered ECC memory
- 3ware 9690SA in RAID-10 with
- 4 x Seagate SATA 500GB es.2 drives
- high efficiency 280Watt PS
while I haven't plugged them directly into a kilowatt meter, the first one I plugged into my metered APC unit showed it using.7amps at idle. Compared with some large honking 2U's with about double the power (2 x quadcores, 16gigs memory, 6 disks), these 1U systems use less than half the power rating as those larger machines.
Overall this has been a big win in datacenter cost savings for our 20amp circuits which we get charged for monthly. I can get a bunch more machines on a single circuit.
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The long answer is... While many companies mention a CS degree requirement for Sysadmin Jobs, I have found that they usually leave out the "or equivalent experience" in the offering to cut down on the truly inexperienced admins applying for any sysadmin position. I personally don't have a degree but this has never prevented me from getting a job. Traditionally, their has been little crossover between a CS degree and good sysadmin ability, though this may be changing nowadays with some schools offering a glimpse into what we do. Just know that 1) there are good IT jobs out there and 2) you don't need a degree to get it. I'm living proof. :)
I guess you're right. Even after years of operation and near continuuous occupation the mostly closed systems of Mir and ISS haven't given rise to nasty diseases as far as I'm aware ....
And if NASA had found some "alien" bacteria I still highly doubt we would know anything about it.
i take offense to this. I'm at a tech start-up and we have a foosball table (albeit one about to fall apart), and we Do get free soda, but no slick name, and no spiffy presentations. We're just building software.
In my latest batch order of servers (20 x 1U machines) I've got a config made up of: - intel xeon quadcore X3320 @ 2.5Ghz. These are the "efficient intel cores) - 4 x 2GB unbuffered ECC memory - 3ware 9690SA in RAID-10 with - 4 x Seagate SATA 500GB es.2 drives - high efficiency 280Watt PS while I haven't plugged them directly into a kilowatt meter, the first one I plugged into my metered APC unit showed it using .7amps at idle. Compared with some large honking 2U's with about double the power (2 x quadcores, 16gigs memory, 6 disks), these 1U systems use less than half the power rating as those larger machines.
Overall this has been a big win in datacenter cost savings for our 20amp circuits which we get charged for monthly. I can get a bunch more machines on a single circuit.