NetApps Training is pretty ridiculous
brownwrap
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I was out of work for a long time and looked into many jobs. I kind of like the job as a storage administrator because there seemed to be less user contact. I had 1/2 of the equation, the backup side. I had been backing up 50 TB on an r200 and we had just installed another NetApps that had 100 TB of space. When I looked into the training, it was over $4K. There are no books as far as I can tell and no training outside of NetApps and 'authorized' training centers. This seems to leave everything to an elite insdiers group. Either you work for a company that has an account with NetApps, or be willing to shove out lots of dough. I went back to being a unix system admin, but we don't have NetApps or EMC in my group.
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Chris:/*
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Yes that is the way it is, NetApp and EMC both offer training if you buy their product but without it their (NetApp) training system is kinda closed off. The official classes prices are on par with most other training classes.Degrees:
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TechJunky
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Yeah, we use NetApp and EMC here, so I have 20,000 in training credits available to me. I should really get on it.
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brownwrap
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Yeah, we use NetApp and EMC here, so I have 20,000 in training credits available to me. I should really get on it.
I would take advantage of that. I wish I had some access to free NetApps training. I don't know anything about EMC. -
Fugazi1000
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Have a look at the IBM site - lots of free stuff (manuals/course material) for their N-Series
N-Series = NetApp rebadged/OEM'ed storage.
IBM Network Attached Storage (NAS): Overview - IBM System Storage -
slinuxuzer
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Yeah, we use NetApp and EMC here, so I have 20,000 in training credits available to me. I should really get on it.
Do you have to buy these seperate or do you get them from just purchasing their products? We have bought alot of netapps recently and I havent been made aware of anything like this?
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astorrs
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When you are buying new storage always push them to throw in training if they want to secure the sale.slinuxuzer wrote: »Do you have to buy these seperate or do you get them from just purchasing their products? -
down77
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When you are buying new storage always push them to throw in training if they want to secure the sale.
They will almost always adjust the cost of the quote to include the cost of the training if pushed. Most, if not all partners make nothing from the sale of training and have to pay full cost themselves. Even if you buy from NetApp direct the sales reps generally increase the cost to cover training which results in a lower discount on the solution.CCIE Sec: Starting Nov 11 -
jibbajabba
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Even vmware training is far off tbh.My own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com
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slinuxuzer
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so is netapp university your only option other than reading a thousand white papers? I can't find any third party training materials, they make a great product but I hate when vendors do this.
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astorrs
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Depends on the $ value of the storage solution we're talking about, the larger the more likely it gets eaten by the vendor at cost.They will almost always adjust the cost of the quote to include the cost of the training if pushed. Most, if not all partners make nothing from the sale of training and have to pay full cost themselves. Even if you buy from NetApp direct the sales reps generally increase the cost to cover training which results in a lower discount on the solution.
