Network Administration vs. Systems Administration

Network Administration vs. Systems Administration Name Institution Affiliation Course Date of Submission The functioning of many organizations is enhanced by use of computers and computer networks with the care of these operating systems falling under the IT department at the responsibility of network and system administrators. There is a distinction between network administration and system administration, which particularly lies with what part of a computer that is being managed. The organization of computers is primarily managed by system administrators, while the management of computer networks is managed by network administrators. The network and system administrators have to understand how computers are configured and troubleshoot in their network so that they are able to aid in troubleshooting process. System administration encompasses a relatively lesser capacity such as computer user setbacks and hardware problems, but the network administrators have to deal with the large scope of issues regarding network security and the management of interaction between computers. Small scale organizations do not have a distinction between system and network administration as the scope of work is usually limited and either system administrator or a network administrator can handle all these functions (WiseGeek, 2012). Large organizations on the other hand, distinguish between the functions of network administration to those of systems administration because of the large scope of the different functions carried out in the organizations operating systems. The duties of system administration varies with respect to organization’s difference, as system administrators are typically in charge of the installation, sustenance and the safeguarding of computer systems and development for response to other examination outages and problems. Project management and programming also entails for a system administrator job and consultation of computer problems that are beyo...