What kind of sysadmin are you this Halloween?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Which line annoys you most?

  • A.
    "server down"
  • B.
    "got a sec?"
  • C.
    "critical problem"
  • D.
    "what backup?"
  • E.
    "you're good with computers, right?"
  • F.
    "vendor requirements"
• 2.
  What's the scariest issue you could face in a data center?

  • A.
    cabling problem
  • B.
    human error
  • C.
    cooling failure
  • D.
    security issues
  • E.
    no internet
  • F.
    no power
  • G.
    fire
  • H.
    sleeping support
• 3.
  Which server OS do you prefer?

  • A.
    CentOS
  • B.
    RHEL
  • C.
    Windows
  • D.
    Ubuntu
  • E.
    Mac OS
• 4.
  What's the least dreadful activity for you?

  • A.
    provisioning
  • B.
    configuring
  • C.
    monitoring
  • D.
    repairing
  • E.
    backup services
• 5.
  Which problem can you solve easily?

  • A.
    Wrong VLAN
  • B.
    Malware
  • C.
    DNS problems
  • D.
    WSUS problems
  • E.
    IP address conflict
  • F.
    High memory usage

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Count DDR4cula

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  You are the definition of classic. You've been here forever and will not go down easily no matter what your colleagues say (maybe only after a slice of garlic pizza). What? Cooling failure?! But you just love the cold, gotta solve it fast. Provisioning, if you catch our drift, sounds like something you’d take care of yourself ;)
• 2.
  The Ghost of Errors Past

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  “Well, well, well, if it ain’t the invisible c**t!” You’ve been haunted by your coworkers’ errors and that is why you’re going through the rest of your afterlife haunting the living that have wronged you. You enjoy hiding in your office and, well, being invisible. Monitoring is definitely your best asset - what are walls again?
• 3.
  Tutan[cable]mun

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  You really don’t enjoy interruptions, do you? Being asked to stand up from your desk is pretty much like being woken up from your tomb. The long threads of linen cloth you’re wrapped in for eternity are surely not comfortable, but that’s what also makes you good at disentangling cables. Glass half full, am I right?
• 4.
  [Mer]linux

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  Spells or curses? Good or evil? You can master it all. Create undetectable malware or help clean it. Security breach or security enhancement. After all, you are a man of mystery and magic. As a prophet and a sage, you know when it’s time to “backup,” but will you do it? We’ll have to wait and see.
• 5.
  Santa Mentenancia

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  You are the embodiment (get it?) of Santa Muerte. Your goal is a 99.999% uptime for servers and you get close enough. You should be proud of wearing those bones of yours – your skeletal body is one with the server racks. You don't like eating resources and it shows. Feliz Día de los Datos!