Dear all,
after taking the test on Friday (December 16th) I just received the email from Red Hat stating that I passed with 300/300 points. I didn't feel that confident after the test since there were some tasks where you had no way to verify your configuration properly but it seems I got it all right. There was one task where, instead of configuring it properly, I just introduced a real ugly hack. Apparently Red Hat just tests for the results and not how you got there so it's all good
The RHCE was on my list for this year and I am really glad that I got it cleared just in time. I paid for both, RHCSA and RHCE out of my own pocket since I want to go self-employed next year and having them on my resume should get my foot in the door at some places.
As for the difficulty I would say that it is definitely harder than RHCSA. Time is key here. On the RHCSA exam I had enough time to read all the man-pages on one topic that I didn't study and still finish easily. For RHCE you need to know your stuff and config files. But if you prepare well and have like maybe 3+ years of real-world linux administration under your belt you should be able to make it.
Now it's time to switch into christmas- and new-year-mode before I go back to the CCNP beast in 2012.
Regards,
Lordy
