NetApp Learning Services Discussions
NetApp Learning Services Discussions
Hi all,
my question is how the efficient preparation for the Netapp exam should look like. To be honest, I have no practical experience with storage devices. Neverthless, I have done some Netapp labs, which I find cool.
So, what is better? Just read the 3000+ pages of documentation? Doing some labs? The thing is that the questions starts with the hypothetical claim - what would you do if you experienced this and that issue? I have no clue about this possibilities and how to solve them. Even the Netapp virtual course is not much helpful, since it doesnt prepare for the exam itself.
Then, I would say, it is fair to create a prerequisite certification or course or whatever, which should be interstage between no experience and full NCDA knowledge.
Then, I can read hundreds of text, but I do not know what is important what not. Simply, I can not measure my improvement, which is higly frustrating.
Maybe it would be wiser to have 3 levels of NCDA, lets say Bronze level, Silver level and Golden level of knowledge within one NCDA certificate.
Cheers!
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There's a reference list of docs that we create/publish when writing the NetApp Cert. - https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/12176-ncp-reference-documentpdf.pdf
Which is better? labs or docs?
- depends, i personally learn hands on and ref docs when needed.
Re: prerequisite - for the NCDA we say it's someone with 6 months of ONTAP admin experience. but not required to take the test.
If you're interested in how we write these cert tests, here's some reading on it - https://spindleninja.org/2020/05/15/certifications-being-a-sme/
There's a reference list of docs that we create/publish when writing the NetApp Cert. - https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/12176-ncp-reference-documentpdf.pdf
Which is better? labs or docs?
- depends, i personally learn hands on and ref docs when needed.
Re: prerequisite - for the NCDA we say it's someone with 6 months of ONTAP admin experience. but not required to take the test.
If you're interested in how we write these cert tests, here's some reading on it - https://spindleninja.org/2020/05/15/certifications-being-a-sme/
Hi @SpindleNinja ,
thank you so much for sharing your own personal experience.
Your blog is very useful to gain an insight into Netapp philosophy.
I wish I had so deep technical overview!