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Preventative maintenance best practices.
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Instructor, PACE-IT Program – Edmonds Community College
Areas of Expertise Industry Certifications
PC Hardware
Network Administration
IT Project Management
Network Design
User Training
IT Troubleshooting
Qualifications Summary
Education
M.B.A., IT Management, Western Governor’s University
B.S., IT Security, Western Governor’s University
Entrepreneur, executive leader, and proven manger with 10+ years of experience turning complex issues into efficient and effective solutions.
Strengths include developing and mentoring diverse workforces, improving processes, analyzing business needs and creating the solutions required— with a focus on technology.
Brian K. Ferrill, M.B.A.
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Preventative maintenance best practices.PACE-IT.
– Best practices.
– Preventative maintenance procedures.
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Best practices.Preventative maintenance best practices.
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A best practice is a technique or methodology that consistently results in superior results over another technique or methodology.
Best practices can be standardized across an industry, a single company, or an individual. Best practices may also customized to fit any given situation.
Best practices.Preventative maintenance best practices.
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Best practices.Preventative maintenance best practices.
– Many factors will influence the best practices that you employ, including:
» Policies.» Complexity of the system.» Usage patterns.» Network constraints.» Other resources.
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Preventative maintenance procedures.Preventative maintenance best practices.
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Preventative maintenance procedures.Preventative maintenance best practices.
Backups.
How, what, where, and when.
Backups should be scheduled and verified for integrity. A policy should also be in place for how long backups are kept.
Check disk.
Find and and fix problems earlier.
As hard disks age, problems can occur. Regularly scheduled check disk scans can find (and sometimes even fix) these before they become a problem.
Defragmentation.Improve disk efficiency and performance.
Defragmentation can reduce seek times, improving overall system performance and efficiency.
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Preventative maintenance procedures.Preventative maintenance best practices.
Windows updates.Use Microsoft to keep systems running well.
An updated operating system can reduce the opportunity for exploitation.
Driver and firmware updates.Improve functionality and reduce threats.
Manufactures release updates on a regular basis; these updates can reduce threat vectors and add additional functionality.
Antivirus updates.Non-updated antivirus software: marginal at best.
New threats are being developed on a regular basis; therefore, security must be kept current.
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Preventative maintenance procedures.Preventative maintenance best practices.
– Patch.» A patch is an update to an operating system or
application.» Patches are used to fix problems or reduce
security threats.
– Patch management.» All systems and applications should be as current
as possible.» Patches can fix problems, but they can also create
problems.» When possible, test a patch before deploying in a
production setting.» Before deploying a patch, make a backup of the
system.» Test the system after deploying a patch.
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What was covered.Preventative maintenance best practices.
A best practice is a technique or methodology that consistently results in superior results over another technique or methodology. Factors that will influence your best practices include policies, complexity of the system, usage patterns, network constraints, and other resources.
Topic
Best practices.
Summary
Certain maintenance procedures need policies to ensure best practices. Preventative maintenance activities such as backups, check disk scans, disk defragmentation, Windows updates, driver and firmware updates, antivirus updates, and patch management should all employ best practices.
Preventative maintenance procedures.
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