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From: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.large
Subject: Re: Difference between "operator" and "system administrator"?
Message-ID: <4143@anomaly.sbs.com>
Date: 31 Oct 90 23:24:19 GMT
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Organization: Small Business Systems, Inc., Esmond, RI 02917
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jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher) writes:

>The question was:  What
>is the difference between a system administrator and an operator? 

About $25k a year in salary.

In actuality though, all operators do is monitor and tune the daily
performance of the machine.

A Systems Administrator is more responsible for the overall administration
of the machine, including new software/hardware installation, disaster
recovery plans, etc. More management oriented tasks.

MD
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