Server Administration

Server AdministrationThere’s much more to websites than meets the eye. Behind every website is a server, humming away, specially programmed to deliver your content to your eager audience. It’s usually running Unix, or something like it — maybe Debian GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, or Solaris. We can help you keep your server fighting fit.

The content and structure of your website are big factors in getting indexed by Google, getting found, and getting and keeping visitors, but a lot of the work in web development is complex, behind-the-scenes stuff. A large number of web designers, with a graphic design focus that is increasingly inappropriate for the world wide web, simply don’t know how these things work.

Server administration involves a whole lot of scripts and processes, a myriad of elements working together to give you a webserver that stands up to all sorts of traffic, offers many services, and gives your visitors an elegant, quick and meaningful response to all their queries — while keeping the ever-present threat of crackers at bay.

Putting It All Together

Sanctum IT can help you with the following, and more, for any Unix-based hosting environment. If you’re setting up a new server, we can do that too.

  • Webserver setup, extension, and maintenance
  • Email server administration, including spam protection and antivirus systems
  • Security audits
  • Database server setup and migration
  • Shell scripting
  • Server migration
  • Server backups

If you have an existing server with specialised requirements and are looking for a system administrator to help you manage it, contact us and we’ll tell you what we can do for you.