RHELD5 & Certification

[Moif_Murphy]

I'm looking at taking courses in something. I'm unsure as to what yet. I'm trying to advance myself in my career and in my knowledge as I'd say right now I'm 90% MS and I'm trying to achieve a 50/50 between MS and Linux.

So, I was looking at the RHCE courses and have been advised to wait until the courses have been upgrade to RHEL5. But in the meantime I've seen SuSE certification. Again, professionally SuSE might be a good move given the mainstream climate with Novell / MS (personal opinion aside of course )

So my question is, if I choose to purchase RHELD5 will I still be able to do all the usual things like install servers as I would with a non retail version? CentOS for example. Or am I going to have to splash out for RHEL5?

I know I could download CentOS 5 but I'd feel more comfortable and more inclined to get on with learning if I parted with real cash.

[Redman]

A RHEL certification gives the fundementals of RHEL of course.
But since it is Linux, the general concepts are the same for others.

But since CentOS is 99% the same as RHEL, it shouldn't be a problem.
As far as RHEL4 or RHEL5 certification goes, once you are certified (like I am), your certificate remains vailid in the future.

Should I whish to be certified for RHEL5, all I need to do is take a special re-exam (based on RHEL5) and nothing more.

[jerryshenk]

Have you looked at CentOS 5 much? I'm particularly interested in it's comparison with RHEL 5 and prep for the RHCE test. If 4 was "99%", then I'm guessing that 5 is gonna be close enough to be the best option.

[Ozzi]

I also have a question. Is it possible for someone to take those tests without also buying the courses? After all, over 2000$ isn't exactly a piece of cake to obtain.

[anomie]

Yes.

RHCT exam - $349:
https://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/courses/rh202.html

RHCE exam - $749:
https://www.redhat.com/training/rhce...es/rhexam.html

[anomie]

P.S. If you're going to sit for one of the exams, make sure you know the testing points inside and out.

This is outlined by cert here:

https://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/examprep.html

Also, my personal opinion is: If your goal is to earn a RHCE, take the RH300 RHCE Rapid Track Course (which bundles the exam with the rapid track class). Even if you're Mr. Crackerjack Linux Ace, take it anyway.

[Ozzi]

Thanks. I already read those pages, but somehow i got the idea that the courses were absolutely necessary to enter the exams.

Anyway, I'm not by far a linux ace (i just passed the newbie state, i think ) but it would just be very difficult for me to raise the money needed for those courses so I prefer to study on my own.