Passed the exam today with a score of 815 out of 900. Resources that I used for the exam were the All-In-One Server+ Book by Daniel Lachance and some topics from my Network+ book. I finished the book in 3 weeks since I have a full time & part time work then booked the exam a week later.
I recommend these certain topics to be more focused on when preparing to take the exam.
- RAID levels: Available disk space when implementing a RAID type.
- Difference of SAN & NAS
- Network Ports
- Server Form Factors
- Hypervisor Types
- Full, Differential, Incremental backups
- Media Types for Server & for backups.
- Troubleshooting Methodologies.
My exam focused a lot in these key concepts though I think it differ from a bank of questions that will be given to you. Around 30% of the questions are straight-forward and the rest are select the correct answer on a given situation. My exam also didn't have any lab simulation compared to when I took the A+ and Network+ exam, those started with like 8-10 simulation questions. I didn't find the exam to be super difficult compared to the Network+ exam which I barely passed. On deciding if it would still be worth it to get the Server+ certification, for me it is since it will renew my A+ and Network+ exam. Also my employer will reimburse me for the costs of exam and study materials that I used.
I hope this helps other test takers on considering getting the Server+ Certification and on preparing for exam.
