Emc ISA exam advice
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Hello,
Not a lot of information regarding this exam, outside of EMC's website.
I have just finished reading the Information Storage Management book.
A lot of the older threads on this site, talk about the exam before this book was published I believe.
Other sites have said this is the best resource.
I am interested in hearing of any other resources people would recommend.
I am hoping to sit the exam sooner than later. Planning some chapter revision.
The book has a lot of referrals back to book.emc.com for updates.
So keen to hear if people think this book is enough, or any other tips.
I havent looked at the practice exam yet, plan to after revising chapters.
I know there are a lot of books on sans in general, oreilly/cisco/etc.
But only have 2 weeks before school starts up again.
Pursuing this for my own interest.
Not a lot of information regarding this exam, outside of EMC's website.
I have just finished reading the Information Storage Management book.
A lot of the older threads on this site, talk about the exam before this book was published I believe.
Other sites have said this is the best resource.
I am interested in hearing of any other resources people would recommend.
I am hoping to sit the exam sooner than later. Planning some chapter revision.
The book has a lot of referrals back to book.emc.com for updates.
So keen to hear if people think this book is enough, or any other tips.
I havent looked at the practice exam yet, plan to after revising chapters.
I know there are a lot of books on sans in general, oreilly/cisco/etc.
But only have 2 weeks before school starts up again.
Pursuing this for my own interest.
Comments
Good luck!
ETA: this might cover a lot of the same, but skim the index to see if it would be useful.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg245470.pdf
Next up: eventually the RHCE and to start blogging again.
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Knowing the different raid types was relevant where as SE syntax was not.
Always take the practice exams, they will give you a good idea where you're weak.
Reading of alok shrivastava book on EMC ISA is must You can try your luck with Practice Test as well
Labhesh, how long did it take you to get through the material? I am giving myself 4 weeks, already booked the exam.
Passed the exam late March. Book was pretty easy to read through. Understand the material covered in the book and watch the videos presented. Took me about 3 weeks.
"Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
Which videos are you referring to?
Congrats, btw.
Next up: eventually the RHCE and to start blogging again.
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Thanks. Check out: https://education.emc.com/ISMbook/default.aspx Click any of the hyperlink on the right column.
"Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
I got mucked around trying to book the exam earlier in the year, and then school got in the way.
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Noticed this morning that there is a new version 2 of the exam.
https://education.emc.com/cust/certification/framework/stf/stf.aspx
Associate E10-001 Exam
"builds on it to include virtualization and cloud computing."
Module 4: Cloud Computing
- Cloud benefits, characteristics
- Services and deployment models
- Cloud infrastructure components
- Cloud migration considerations
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New edition of book been released too.
Information Storage and Management-ISM-Book-Storage Reference
Quick glance seems to have added a section on Cloud.
"Cloud Computing and Converged Infrastructure"
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E10-001 exam is aligned to ISM v2 and E20-001 exam (Retiring) is aligned to ISM
Retires end of the year from look of it.
For v1 "we recommend that you plan to take and pass the exam on or before December 31, 2012."
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Information Storage and Management v2 (ISM v2) FAQs
https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-16510
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Hopefully can knock this thing over. Been revising long enough.
Just passed E20-001 exam this morning. Read the book cover to cover 3 times over the past 12 months.
Not working with EMC product made the exam tough, but the pass mark was really low like 63%.
The current exam is retiring the end of the year. Thankfully I have it out of the way.
There is a new v2 replacing it, E10-001 exam.
There is also a new edition of the book, ISBN 1118094832
Looks to have added a section on cloud computing.
Probably not a worth while cert unless working with sans or emc reseller.
But I found the information to be very interesting.
Nice to see Enterprise ideas applied to storage and disaster recovery in particular.
Since EMC own vmware, i suspect more sans will continue to crop up in the future.
Gonna skip/pass on vmware cert, cant afford to pay for course out of own pocket.
ps: forum flagged me as spam earlier??
Now that you have studied and passed the exam, how would you rate the experience, as it related to gaining understanding of storage fundamentals in the enterprise? I took the previous incarnation of this exam 5-6 years ago (Storage Technology Foundations I think was the name), and found a lot of things seemed to overlap knowledge acquired from systems admin experience.
I would think it would be a nice complimentary cert for a sysadmin, maybe enough to help land a dual hat sysadmin/storage role in a smaller IT shop if prior sysadmin experience is already present.
Recent: 11/2019 - RHCSA (RHEL 7); 2/2019 - Updated VCP to 6.5 (just a few days before VMware discontinued the re-cert policy...)
Working on: RHCE/Ansible
Future: Probably continued Red Hat Immersion, Possibly VCAP Design, or maybe a completely different path. Depends on job demands...
Short-sighted thinking if you use VMware regularly.
Congrats on the pass.
"Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
I thought the exam questions were harder than the practice.
"Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
I was preparing for the E20-001 and came to know there is a new version v2 (E10-001).
So going through Cloud computing chapter is enough to pass this exam?
From everything I have heard, just study the book and you will be golden.
Recent: 11/2019 - RHCSA (RHEL 7); 2/2019 - Updated VCP to 6.5 (just a few days before VMware discontinued the re-cert policy...)
Working on: RHCE/Ansible
Future: Probably continued Red Hat Immersion, Possibly VCAP Design, or maybe a completely different path. Depends on job demands...
Agreed
Recent: 11/2019 - RHCSA (RHEL 7); 2/2019 - Updated VCP to 6.5 (just a few days before VMware discontinued the re-cert policy...)
Working on: RHCE/Ansible
Future: Probably continued Red Hat Immersion, Possibly VCAP Design, or maybe a completely different path. Depends on job demands...
Sorry to revive an old thread but EMC owns VMware?? I feel like I should've known about this wayyy before now.
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Start Date: 10/01/2014 | Complete Date: ASAP
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Yeah did you not know that... there is talk of them breaking up though - BFF no-longer! A split has been on the cards for ages but nothing has happened up to now - there seems to be a hesitancy to go ahead with it. Not sure why, just know there is talk about it...
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EMC Completes Acquisition of VMware | United States
There has been talk of splitting up but that is yet to happen.