RED HAT CERTIFIED DATACENTER SPECIALIST
Overview
An RHCDS has the skills and knowledge necessary to build reliable, available, scalable, and manageable solutions in mission-critical datacenter environments using fully-supported open source technologies from Red Hat.
Current RHCEs will obtain RHCDS certification upon successfully passing all three
Expertise Exams:
· EX401 Deployment, Virtualization, and Systems Management
· EX436 Clustering and Storage Management
· EX423 Directory Services and Authentication
OR
· Ex318 Enterprise Virtualization
These courses build on system administration skills covered in the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) program, which is a prerequisite. All upper-level courses are all peer level, meaning each can be taken by someone with RHCE or equivalent skills. Any order is fine.
Curriculum and Expertise Exams
Only current RHCEs are eligible to be certified as a Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS), while anyone can attend the courses in this track.
- Current RHCEs will obtain RHCDS certification upon successfully passing all three Expertise Exams.
- The courses are not required as the tests can be taken separately but they are strongly recommended.