Could you give me a hint of what you'd pay monthly per server to a Linux System Administrator?
thanks!

That depends on several factors:

- full timer, part timer or called as needed?
- economic condition in your area AND the administrator place of living (if the work is done remotely)
- the skill and work experience of the administrator

I'm sure others can point out several other factors.

ok ill be more expecific:

-Applicants must be able to:

Install and configure the RedHat Linux operating system for use as a server.

Use Shell to administer and maintain a Linux webserver

Install patches and upgrades as they are released

Handle any advanced technical support issues that support staff cannot answer.

Must have knowledge of WHM/CPanel and System programming experience such as PHP and/or Perl preferred.


-not at any specific location, the admin can work from home.

- have the admin on call 24/7

Originally posted by WSP
ok ill be more expecific:
- part timer (at leat 10 hours/day)


If atleast 10 hours a day is part-time.. I'm sure as hell not working for you :D

* edited * full timer on call 24/7

It depends on your location...



A friend in PA gets $21 an hour, but he's also a Windows admin, and he does alot of traveling around the world for the company...


If I went to work for a company in my area, I'd expect atleast $12 and hour, and thats being part of an admin team, and not have a tremendous work-load...

If I was the only admin, and had alot to do, I'd prolly want around $18...


Also, this doesn't account for overtime and call-in pay...

..so in monthly bases what will be an estimate of an admin on call 24/7??

Roughly saying 10 hours a day... For $12 an hour.. working 20 days a month.... Would be $2400/month...

Now this doesn't take into account if you called them in on emergancy and how much they get extra for that... Some places give a set fee, some pay extra by the hour, like time and a half....

I just found this company (we manage servers .com) that will manage servers for me at very reasonable prices

take a look, and please tell me what do you think


Server Management
Starting at $75 per month per server with a minimum of $150 per month.
Server administration and server management done during normal business hours.

Plans are available for 24 hour coverage both scheduled and unscheduled.


Server management and system administration
We handle simple to complex server management and system administration tasks for you.

All we need is complete remote access to your servers in order to manage and administrate them.

Our in-house professionals are skilled at Unix, Linux, and Windows system administration and web server administration.

We have in-house personnel skilled at administrating and managing Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, mySQL, and other client server databases.

Server administration and server management done during normal business hours.


What timezone are they in... And how much is it for non-normal hours :D


Besides, I wouldn't trust my servers with some company that has techs I don't know...


I have to know a person and trust them, for me to give them root... Even though insurance would pay for damages, you'd still get a bad name with your customers if something happened....


And I'm sure its more to get them to fix and work with WHM/Cpanel if they've ever used it...


Kinda makes you wonder why their name is banned here :D

thanks The Prohacker, i guess i now have an idea of what im looking for, I appreciate your help! :)

also take into consideration that a "normal" unix sysadmin job with a big company usually pays 50k+/yr.

i find a lot of ppl on this board are willing to work "full-time/on-call" for <$99/month , which is insane.. i wonder how these ppl feed themselves

Originally posted by bacid
also take into consideration that a "normal" unix sysadmin job with a big company usually pays 50k+/yr.

i find a lot of ppl on this board are willing to work "full-time/on-call" for <$99/month , which is insane.. i wonder how these ppl feed themselves


50k/year is a bit much just for a sysadmin... For a sysadmin that does networking, thats about right....



Mind you, my 12-18 hour mentioned above is just for server work, and not network issues... With networking it'd start out at 18 and go up...


I do agree $99/month is way to little for someone to do a proper job...

Originally posted by bacid

i find a lot of ppl on this board are willing to work "full-time/on-call" for <$99/month , which is insane.. i wonder how these ppl feed themselves

It might not look reasonable for US citizens. But in other parts of the world, it is not uncommon to find people willing to be paid $99/month.

Originally posted by The Prohacker

50k/year is a bit much just for a sysadmin... For a sysadmin that does networking, thats about right....


I think a systems administrator is definately worth 50K if that person is doing her job. There is a lot of responsibilty that goes along with a systems administrator's job description. Of course, the job title alone can mean different things to different people, so the pay can vary based on that thought in mind too. Then, throw in the cost of living, etc., as you (The Prohacker) have already mentioned and the pay, again, will vary. I'm not trying to argue with you, I just wanted to point out that 50K is definately not absurd for a systems administrator.

Hi,

I am a system Admin and getting $300 :( for managing 3 Cobalt Servers. I work from my home........and company people are remain online with me via chat.
atif

Originally posted by priyadi


It might not look reasonable for US citizens. But in other parts of the world, it is not uncommon to find people willing to be paid $99/month.

Yes, but can you morally defend that? - I.e. would you hire someone from a 3rd world country, and pay him 99$/month for a full time job - and still sleep at night?

(even though it's probably perfectly legal in the US)

Originally posted by jks


Yes, but can you morally defend that? - I.e. would you hire someone from a 3rd world country, and pay him 99$/month for a full time job - and still sleep at night?


Yes, because $99/month could be twice what most people make in their local job market. In some parts of the world you can live like a king on that kind of money. It's all relative.

If you want someone to be oncall 24/7, basically have no life, I would expect to have to pay them well.

I am a Sys Admin and would not take under 60k to 80k per year to be oncall 24/7 . It's inhumane. I did it once and would never do it again. I love my time off.

To ask someone to take care of one server 24/7 should not be cheap cause then again, they are 24/7.


Just some thoughts ...

denisdekat: exactly.

and think about it this way, if you are paying someone only $99/mth to be a full tiem sysadmin that is on call, do you REALLY think they will try and fix the server as soon as possible on a friday night when they are out with their friends? i mean for 99/mth i doubt he's going to tell his friends he has to go to work!!

compared to someone who is getting paid 60k a year, i think the latter person would actually go and fix the server then return to partying, cuz hes actually getting paid real money and i mean.. who can afford to lose a 60k/yr job just cuz they want to have another drink with their buddies :)

Right, you get what you pay for ....

Cheers all :)