hi guys

I've been on several linux forums and I've read that RHCE is very qualified cert, but I never see people sharing RHCE experiences...how the test was. how they study? books? courses? real experience? scores?

I might add that maybe people do not share thoughts because Red Hat makes you sign something like a confidential stuff


nothing can we open this thread to have that kind of list?

thanks a lot

people wont talk much because of the NDA, althought there are quite a few RHCE blogs if you care to search google.

We can't talk about it because we singed an NDA

What does the NDA cover? I mean does it even prevent you from sharing your experience on how you prepared, what study materials you used or info about courses? how can a NDA prevent one from sharing one's experiences during the test? Moreover, the original post it did not ask for the exam pattern or details on the type of questions or the spread, etc.

The NDA seem to run counter to the spirit of open source software esp Linux, dont you think?!?!?

No I don't! Per release there is ONE exam paper. How could you possibly hold any faith in a paper which you could just download and practise??

So many people are quick to criticise any company involved in aspects of open source software for anything that doesn't involve cuddling kittens and baking cookies. Strange.

We've discussed RHCE a LOT in the forum, so I'd suggest you didn't look through enough threads. Personally I used the Michael Jang book when I did me RHEL 4 RHCE a couple of years ago, and got through with 97% easily enough.

thanks for your comments guys

waiting for more

Same here...

Jang's Book+Centos+hours of practice = RHCE

job experience as well?

I had no job experience, nor study practise, just plenty of spare time for the previous 5 years to mess about with it.

I had about a year as a Jr. Sys Admin under my belt

Michael jangs rhce book, centos, VMWare or xen and lots of practice.

Practice, practice and more practice is key. You have limited time to do things such as configuring a firewall. You need to be able to do common system administration tasks in your sleep.

thanks a lot guys

more coming

you just need to be able to carry out the given sysadmin tasks in a limited time...so not much time to sit and think how to do a task, you would really have to know it off by heart. there are plenty of examples in the michael jang book. the RH300 course is also an eye opener of what to expect.

One more important is that If you get a chance plz buy red-hat books(133,253) and plz practice the questions which they had mentioned at the end of each topic.

Because I heard questions are coming from these exrcises.
Thnx,
Bhanu