Please direct comments to Matt Choptuik.
The two current system administrators for Physics are extremely busy. The completion of the merger with Astronomy, which currently has a single full time system administrator, has the potential to ameliorate this situation somewhat. However, it is clear that additional personnel support for computing will only be of benefit to the Department. One very cost effective approach would be to appoint one or more graduate TAs who would be trained by the permanent staff specifically to do day-to-day system administration.