[GRLUG] rhce

[Matthew Whitaker]

I have to agree with both Szymon and Ben - I would recommend taking the
accelerated course if your company will spring for it - it is a
fantastic class which provides quite a lot of hands on time working with
the OS.  But I would also recommend doing everything you can to prepare
for the course.  I worked through a book called Red Hat Certified
Engineer Linux Study Guide by Michael Jang.  It is written for RHCE for
RHEL3 which is somewhat out of date at this point, but the items it
covers are still very relevant and the included excercises are good.

I took the class and the test in March and I could definately tell those
who had prepared for the class from those who had not.  Several students
were left in the dust by the speed of the class.  If you are an
experienced linux admin and use/administer linux (especially RedHat) on
a daily basis you might not need the preparation - but it sure helped me
out.  

Matt Whitaker
Unix Admin
Red Hat Certified Engineer

On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 11:38 -0400, Benjamin Eavey wrote:
> > RHCE is a performance based exam so as long as you have RedHat skills,
> > you don't need books.  Think about an exam where your system does not
> > boot, and you have to end up with a DNS, DHCP, Apache, SQUID, NFS, Mail
> > and other services running (without reinstalling ... )
> 
> The books, in my opinion, are a very GOOD idea.  You want to make sure 
> you're prepared, especially on those things that you might not actively 
> do on a day-to-day basis.  A good book can prep you on how the Red Hat 
> exams are structured, and it's a good review to make sure you're 
> comfortable with everything on the test.
> 
> I got my RHCE several years ago, and I'm sure the exam has changed a lot 
> since then, but I wouldn't recommend taking it without first reading 
> through one of the prep books.  This is an EXPENSIVE exam.  $750 when I 
> took it, and the exam lasted all day.  It's in 3 parts (written exam, 
> hands-on troubleshooting, hands-on configuration), and if you don't get 
> a passing score on any 1 part, you fail the entire thing.
> 
> Buy one of the books and read it.  The class might be overkill, but like 
> Szymon says (ha! I made a funny!), it's the best way to get prepared if 
> your company is willing to pay for it.
> 
> Good luck...
> 
> -Ben
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