Let’s start with detailed reviews of 29 Essential System Tools.
| System Administration Software |
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| System administration plays an essential role in the maintenance and operation of computer systems and networks. |
| Configuration Management Databases - Repository of information related to the various components of an information system |
| Mailing List Managers - Enables users to manage electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists |
| Disk cloning - Create, destroy, resize, move, check and copy partitions |
| Disk Image Tools - Work with disk images |
| Disk Encryption - Easy-to-use data encryption and security |
| Partitioning Tools - Provision new hardware, restore computers from a master image, perform system recovery |
| Configuration Management - Automatically manage the entire configuration of one or multiple computers |
| Server Provisioning Tools - Simultaneously set up thousands of machine unattended |
| Application Servers - Provides the business logic for an application program |
| Data Recovery - Retrieve data from corrupted or damaged storage media |
| Web Application Firewalls - See and analyze HTTP traffic to and from a web application |
| Log Analyzers - For collecting, parsing, storing, and making sense of logs |
| Logfile Viewers - To help identify (potential) issues with a server |
| Console Log File Analyzers - These tools give a lot more information than tail |
| Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software - For running a help desk |
| System Profilers - Hardware information tools |
| Handy Hard Disk Utilities for System Tweakers |
| Choosing a Journaling File System - Special type of file system |
| Encrypted FUSE-Based File Systems - Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) lets non-privileged users create their own file systems without editing kernel code |
| Backup Software |
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| Backup software is used to perform a complete back up of a file, data, database, system or server. It enables users to make a duplicate of everything contained on the original source. This type of software is also used to perform a recovery of the data or system in the event of a disaster. |
| Backup Tools - Intuitive graphical interfaces, snapshot software, and command-line tools |
| Simple Backup - Keep data safe with the minimum of fuss |
| DeDuplicating Encryption Tools - Deduplicating encrypting backup software |