Jaap Engel

Background

About Jaap Engel

Being involved with computers since the early 1990's, I've developed a broad knowledge of operating systems (both PC and server platforms) ranging from Windows 3.1 to Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Professionally, I've aided in several migration projects such as migrations from Windows 3.11 to NT 4.0, Windows 95, Windows and Windows XP. Past and current projects- Introduction and implementation of Linux servers in a datacentre - Operation of servers (150+), daily operations & lifecycle management - Installation of various types of servers (Windows, Linux, VMWare, Apple Mac OS X Server)- Migration of hardware monitoring software from Windows to a Linux-based server platform - Migration of virtualised servers back to physical hardware - Implementing Linux patch-management for server platforms - Redesign of the NTP time-synchronisation structure for a heterogenous datacentre environment - Implementing security auditing software according to company guidelines - Developing server lifecycle procedures for a datacenter environment - Migration of Apple xServe environment to new hardware - Install, configure and deliver a Linux-based IMAP e-mail server (CentOS 5)- Install, configure and deliver Zenith SmartStyle / MirrorCloud solutions - Install, develop and maintain a heterogenous network monitoring environment based on Cacti and Weathermap Specialties: VMWare server, Windows (desktop & server OS), Linux (desktop & server OS), IBM xSeries hardware, SuSE Linux