With the ever advancing technology related to managing accounts for an organization, server maintenance, and or other related jobs within the field, the demand for skill only grows further. Getting started within the IT field is very simple, but can gradually get more challenging if you start with simple principles, such as PC Hardware, to certain networking concepts such as the 5 layer protocol. This is in no particular order.
- Transport Layer
- Physical Layer
- Data Link Layer
- Application Layer
- Network Layer
This than advances to the wider spectrum of Linux, and Windows CLI commands used to manage organizations, and small companies. Especially with technologies such as Windows Active Directory, or just a Linux distro with admin privileges. Learning Windows (and Linux CLI) is I believe the most important skill any IT person should have, or should eventually learn down the line. Learning the two languages enables problem solving to resolve itself much quicker, compared to manually editing settings within the GUI.
Service Protocols: “Blank As A Service”
There are several service protocols you can implement in an IT scenario. One is SaaS, which stands for Software as A Service, which can be products such as Zoom, Webex, a Virtual Private Network (VPN), or even PowerShell. There is HaaS, which abbreviates to Hardware as A Service. Within the PC Building section of IT, HaaS is crucial when it comes to budgeting, and finding parts that are overall worth the buy, or list you might be assembling for someone. Especially due to the instant changes of part prices, or flipped PC’s, trying to make, or find a PC that is good to get in the very moment can sometimes be a challenge then. This then emphasizes the importance of the HaaS protocol in Computer Hardware. Below is a list of all the protocols:
- Software As A Service
- Hardware As A Service
- Infrastructure As A Service
- Platform As A Service
A few others might include PaaS, which stands for Platform as a Service. PaaS is important for deciding which hosting based platform you might want to decide on. Whether it be for example, hosting a website, hosting your companies emails, and storage, or any (platform) which is the main basis for your specific need. PaaS has more to do with picking a third party resource for any hosting platform which allows you to make your own infrastructure, rather than you creating your own cloud based infrastructure, which relates to the IaaS protocol.
The importance of these protocols lies within finding adequate IT resources to run a proper operation, when it comes to starting to build a PC, or running an array of web servers. Knowing the technology you are investing in makes it easy to provide frequent updates, notices and/or makes managing a system hierarchy easier.
Commands in Windows for File Organization
More often than not you will find yourself in a scenario where you may consult your devices Command Line to establish various directories, or even to edit them for software you might implement. Especially in a work, or school based administration, the typical file explorer layout may have other directories implemented in it to cater to there own work. You can also make file based partitions for optimal file allocation.
Many, including myself when I first installed Ubuntu were not entirely sure where to start in terms of dividing your storage partitions. Partitioning can be defined into three parts. The first is a cluster: which is the minimum amount of space a partitions volume can allocate in the drive, a volume: which is just a section of storage that has a file system in it, and the actual partition, which is the unique space within the hard drive. A lot of the time, the drive you are installing will already have a partition table, which tells the OS how your partition is laid out.
Keep in mind, that when you format a filesystem on a partition, it becomes a new section of storage, with that filesystem on it which is the volume. Most disks are usually divided within 2 – 3 partitions under ‘Disk 0″, or Disk (number in question) depending how it was setup, which usually contains your Windows C: drive, your main storage device, maybe a second or third device, and the other partitions along with it.
Importance of File Organization, in both a Personal and Work Setting
Editing partitions for whatever reason may come in handy if you want to further duldge into organizing your user space. A common habit many people do is saving information, and applications into the first folder they see. A good habit of mind is to see where in your system you want to organize your information. Many people will choose the C: drive which might be there primary storage unit, or there D: which could be a secondary unit. Then saved to maybe there Downloads, or Desktop. Many will save wherever without realizing they are filling one part of the drive more than the other. This can with time lead to more resources from the OS being used up.
It is good to know the basic starters of drive partitioning. Such as the diskpart command, which can be found by typing it into the command line, from there which you can edit your drive. You can select your drive by typing ‘select disk 0’ for example. The same concept also works with selecting partitions, for example, ‘select partition 1’.
Commands
Several basic commands may include the clean command which can clean part of your drive, the partition, or your entire drive. More importantly, many file systems on windows use the NTFS format, which is an essential format on windows for protocols such as encryption and security. You can use a format fs = ntfs command to format the drive to this upgraded format. In command line, not the diskpart cli, you can tell windows to make a directory through the mkdir command, which is useful mainly for application development in a code editor, although, adding directories for school, such as school projects, or work records, set by default in an Active Directory system is a very good way to provide an organized structure for your personal workstation or public setting.
Long story short, It is basically a virtual file cabinet. Windows as well has the ability to do a Full Format, which formats the entire drive, creating almost a weakness scan for the system. The message that you can take away from this is that file organization in IT does not just apply to the workplace, but having a basic familiarity with many protocols outside of the IT workplace can be very useful for organizing your personal information, and records.
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