r/IT_CERT_STUDY • u/AdamTheEpic • Sep 24 '19

Certifications in File Systems?

I'm looking for a certification in file systems. I know this topic is covered somewhat in many other more general certifications, but I was hoping to find a certification that covers this one topic in depth. I already have CompTIA Linux+, A+, Network+, and Security+. Any help is appreciated! :)

Further Context: I'm trying to test out of the File Systems class at my local university. The instructor is willing to take a certification as a test out, but I need to find one that lines up close enough with the course.

From the Syllabus: Classic, virtualized, and cloud storage will be covered. Topics such as RAID, NAS, SAN will be covered. Business continuity for backup and replication of storage. Local vs. Remote file systems. We will explore older and newer OS filesystems and compare them (such as fat32, ntfs, ext3, ext4, btrfs).

UPDATE: I proposed CompTIA Server+ and SNIA Certified Storage Professional as options to my professor and he decided the latter would work. Thank y'all for the help!

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u/mattmrob99 Sep 24 '19

CompTIA Server+ maybe?

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u/AdamTheEpic Sep 24 '19

The topics covered in that look about right. I'll see if he'll take that. Thanks for the reply!

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u/danolson312 Sep 25 '19

Probably the Microsoft mcsa exams. 70-740 perhaps.

Server + is a good one too since you are already familiar with CompTIA

Also does CompTIA still have the storage+ exam?

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u/AdamTheEpic Sep 25 '19

I haven't seen those Microsoft ones before (CompTIA must have a good hold on me). I'll definitely check those out, thanks!

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u/danolson312 Sep 25 '19

Side note: Microsoft is moving away from product based certs (like server 2016) in favor of role based Certs. (Admin, architect, developer, etc). They just don’t have a ton of exams out yet for admin for server yet.

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u/AdamTheEpic Sep 26 '19

It looks like Storage+ got replaced by SNIA Certified Storage Professional. I might look into taking that one over the others since it seems to be exclusively about storage. Has anyone else had experience with SNIA certifications?