Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

system management
     
         Activities performed by a system manager, aiming to
        minimise the use of excessive, redundant resources to address
        the overlapping requirements of performance balancing, network
        management, reducing outages, system maintenance costs,
        diagnosis and repair, and migration to new hardware and
        software system versions.
     
        Compare: {system administration}.
     
        (1995-11-10)