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Certification... Which one is better ?
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Here is my take. Linux+ and LPI, are essentially pretty close as far as skills needed (that of course is LPI Junior level). They are both vendor neutral. Kind of helps if you are going for a job the doesn't have Red Hat.
Red Hat requires some lab time to pass the test. Red Hat is in a lot of businesses, but not all.
Which one is better? That will be subjective. What are you wanting to do, or, where do you want the certification to take you?
Red Hat requires some lab time to pass the test. Red Hat is in a lot of businesses, but not all.
Which one is better? That will be subjective. What are you wanting to do, or, where do you want the certification to take you?
CiscoGuy33
Instructor
scorney,
The Red Hat cert would be a +++ if the place you are trying to find work uses Red Hat!
As tfg13 said it kidda depends on where you are trying to find work and what you want to do.
Nothing says that you can not have ALL of them and stand out as a Linux guru
Some jobs posted can attract hundreds of resumes - sometimes to get a real number of people to interview it can be based on certs and education from the resume!
E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +
The Red Hat cert would be a +++ if the place you are trying to find work uses Red Hat!
As tfg13 said it kidda depends on where you are trying to find work and what you want to do.
Nothing says that you can not have ALL of them and stand out as a Linux guru
Some jobs posted can attract hundreds of resumes - sometimes to get a real number of people to interview it can be based on certs and education from the resume!
E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +
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Thanks guys,
I do play with Linux at home, I installed Fedora on 1 of my PC. At work (Telco equipment provider)there is a wave starting to use Linux platform for our servers. Cost Effective, Reliability, Performance, Open Standards...
You got a good point with the vendor Neutral, I think it would be a good start, nothing wrong the other, but starting there and like CiscoGuy33 said, Why not Linux GURU...
I'm CCNA and I would like to add 1 certificate a year. We have to add nice goal for our performance review, so why not...
Thanks for your comments.
Sylvain
I do play with Linux at home, I installed Fedora on 1 of my PC. At work (Telco equipment provider)there is a wave starting to use Linux platform for our servers. Cost Effective, Reliability, Performance, Open Standards...
You got a good point with the vendor Neutral, I think it would be a good start, nothing wrong the other, but starting there and like CiscoGuy33 said, Why not Linux GURU...
I'm CCNA and I would like to add 1 certificate a year. We have to add nice goal for our performance review, so why not...
Thanks for your comments.
Sylvain
>>Which one is more valuable ?
RHCE without question.
From the two people I've talked to who took it, it is supposed to be an incredibly grueling hands on test. They basically sit you in front of a system, give you a small book of things that need to be configured and then give you eight hours to set it up.
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RHCE without question.
From the two people I've talked to who took it, it is supposed to be an incredibly grueling hands on test. They basically sit you in front of a system, give you a small book of things that need to be configured and then give you eight hours to set it up.
MCP, VCP, VCS, XCP, HP AIS, A+, Network+
OK, to give an analogy. If you had a shop that was 100% Nortel equipment and you could hire a guy that had a Network+ certification or a CCNP cert, who would you hire? The Net+ might be vendor neutral but it is totally entry level, the CCNP might be Cisco specific, and you might be a Nortel shop, but the CCNP still shows a much higher level of competence in networking than the Net+ does.
I think that the same logic applies regarding the Linux+ Vs RHCE. The Linux+ might be vendor neutral but it is also an entry level cert. RHCE might be vendor specific but it shows a very high level of skill in the Linux arena.
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I think that the same logic applies regarding the Linux+ Vs RHCE. The Linux+ might be vendor neutral but it is also an entry level cert. RHCE might be vendor specific but it shows a very high level of skill in the Linux arena.
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VMware Certified Professional
XenSource Certified Professional
Veritas Certified Specialist
HP Accredited Integration Specialist
Comptia A+, Network+
CiscoGuy33
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j355,
You make a good point, but just as a CCNP was a CCNA (in most cases 1st) the RHCE with an 8 hour "incredibly grueling hands on test" - he would work up to that with Linux + or some other basic certs as well as hands on time with the product!
What he really needs is a 6 month, 1 year and a 5 year plan of where he wants to be. Setting different goals to meet along the way in the way of certs, education and job/position!
He needs to look at each cert, how practical is it to attain in 6 months to a year. RHCE sounds alot like CCIE and seems it would be (realisticly) a 5-7 year journey. I am not a Red Hat person But I know even a CCNP would have his hands full with the CCIE "all-day" hands-on lab!!
Hope this helps!
E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +
You make a good point, but just as a CCNP was a CCNA (in most cases 1st) the RHCE with an 8 hour "incredibly grueling hands on test" - he would work up to that with Linux + or some other basic certs as well as hands on time with the product!
What he really needs is a 6 month, 1 year and a 5 year plan of where he wants to be. Setting different goals to meet along the way in the way of certs, education and job/position!
He needs to look at each cert, how practical is it to attain in 6 months to a year. RHCE sounds alot like CCIE and seems it would be (realisticly) a 5-7 year journey. I am not a Red Hat person
But I know even a CCNP would have his hands full with the CCIE "all-day" hands-on lab!!Hope this helps!
E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +
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