Best Network Disaster & Recovery Administration Books of 2025

Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems is a collection of essays and articles written by key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team. The book explains how Google's commitment to the entire lifecycle has enabled the company to build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world. The book is divided into four sections, covering the introduction, principles, practices, and management of site reliability engineering. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about site reliability engineering and its practical applications.

The Unicorn Project, a follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project, takes a fresh look at Parts Unlimited from the perspective of software development. The story follows Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, who is exiled to the Phoenix Project as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She finds herself drawn into a movement of rebel developers and business leaders who want to overthrow the existing order, bringing joy back to technology work, and enabling the business to win in a time of digital disruption. The book provides insightful and inspiring ideas for those in the software industry and beyond.

This book, "Learning eBPF: Programming the Linux Kernel for Enhanced Observability, Networking, and Security," is a comprehensive guide to eBPF technology that allows you to write custom code to dynamically modify kernel behavior. The book is ideal for developers, system administrators, operators, and students who want to learn how to write eBPF programs and use them to build a new generation of security, observability, and networking tools. Author Liz Rice, chief open source officer at Isovalent, provides a solid foundation for exploring eBPF programming. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to take their Linux networking and system administration skills to the next level.

Mastering Active Directory: Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive guide for IT professionals who want to improve their knowledge about MS Windows Active Directory Domain Service. It covers everything from designing and updating identity infrastructure to overcoming migration challenges and consolidating secure access. The book has been updated to reflect the importance of cloud-based strong authentication and other tactics to protect identity infrastructure from emerging security threats. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for those looking to become experts in managing enterprise identity infrastructure.

The CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor All-in-One Exam Guide, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive self-study system that covers all the topics in the 2019 version of the CISA exam. Written by an IT security and audit expert, this book includes learning objectives, exam tips, practice questions, and in-depth explanations to help readers pass the CISA exam with ease. It also serves as an essential on-the-job reference for new and established IS auditors. With 300 practice exam questions and a test engine that provides full-length practice exams, this book is a must-have for anyone preparing for the CISA exam.

Kill It with Fire by Marianne Bellotti is an informative and engaging book that offers a modernization framework for both ancient and brand-new computer systems. Bellotti draws from her experience in restoring some of the world's oldest and messiest computer networks to operational excellence, providing practical, research-backed guidance on how to determine when and how to modernize. The book is packed with resources, exercises, and flexible frameworks for organizations of all ages and sizes. Overall, Kill It with Fire is a must-read for software developers looking to modernize legacy systems in a smart and efficient way.

The Password Log Book is a handy tool for anyone who has trouble remembering all their passwords. This book provides users with a secure and convenient place to store their important website addresses, usernames, and passwords. With 105 pages arranged in alphabetical order, users can quickly and easily find what they are looking for. The book also features a premium glossy cover design and is perfectly sized at 6"x 9", making it easy to take with you on the go. Overall, this book is a must-have for anyone looking to stay organized and protect their important information.

This Password Book is an excellent solution for those who struggle to remember passwords for every website they visit. It provides ample space with 104 pages, including alphabetized pages and over 300 entry spaces. Each entry includes fields for website address, username, password, email, and notes. The book's high-quality paper and small size make it a great portable option. Plus, the pretty floral cover makes it a lovely gift for anyone. In summary, this is a must-have for anyone who wants to keep their login details safe and organized.

This practical guide by Brendan Burns, Director of Engineering at Microsoft Azure, offers a collection of repeatable, generic patterns for designing and building reliable distributed systems. It explores the use of containers and long-established patterns, providing a common language and framework to increase the quality of your system. The book covers topics such as splitting your application into a group of containers, scaling, communication, and workflows. It is a valuable resource for systems engineers and application developers looking to increase their knowledge of designing and building reliable distributed systems.

"Infrastructure as Code: Dynamic Systems for the Cloud Age" is a practical book that shows how to use DevOps principles, practices, and patterns to manage cloud-based infrastructure. Ideal for system administrators, infrastructure engineers, and software developers, the book covers how to define everything as code and apply software design and engineering practices to build your system from small, loosely coupled pieces. The author, Kief Morris, has nearly twenty years of experience designing, building, and running automated IT server infrastructure. Overall, this book is a valuable resource for anyone looking to exploit cloud and automation technology to make changes easily, safely, quickly, and responsibly."