SharePoint Operations

Great TechNet link for SharePoint Operations
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288772.aspx

Server and server farm administration (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

This section describes how to maintain servers and server farms within a SharePoint Foundation 2010 environment. It includes articles about backup and recovery, managing databases, Web application management, service application management, health and monitoring, and security and permissions administration.

Site and solution administration (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

This section describes how to maintain sites and solutions within a SharePoint Foundation 2010 environment. It includes articles about managing site collections, service applications and services, features such as workflow, and sandboxed solutions.