From: darth router (darklordrouter@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2007 - 19:16:27 ART
How big is the demand for the storage CCIE? Are we talking IP Tel payscales?
On 12/19/07, Colin McNamara <colin@2cups.com> wrote:
>
> The storage CCIE is a weird cookie. There is definitely a push inside of
> CISCO for datacenter in general, however Cisco itself was only recently
> authorized to sell its own lower end devices (the 9124 and 9134 based on
> the san on a chip architecture). That Leaves the 9200 and 9500 series
> chassis to be sourced from OSM's such as EMC, HP, or HDS.
>
> So, to end up seriously leveraging your storage CCIE you end up having
> to get cross certified in two or three block device vendors products,
> and managing that sales cycle in three channels.
>
> Now, I use my storage CCIE as more of an ancillary function. My main
> focus is around datacenter design, and it allows me to include the
> storage / virtualization side more competently into my designs. This
> goes well with my general opinion that fibre channel and other storage
> technologies will eventually be considered and integrated as a unified
> datacenter backplane. (DC 3.0 anyone)
>
> As for you goal to have something that not many people have, the
> storage CCIE is it. I have gotten the response of "I didn't know that
> there were any storage IE's outside of Cisco" a couple of times. Combine
> that with only nine storage CCIE's being added in the past three months,
> and you come up with something that is very rare, and I believe building
> in value as Cisco pushes DC 3.0 in the future.
>
>
> --
> Colin McNamara
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>
> "The difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a little
> longer"
>
> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 23:53 -0500, Anthony Bonilla wrote:
> > Team,
> >
> > I know this question has been asked multiple times by few people on this
> > list and I know people have said that it all depends on what you like to
> do,
> > etc. But, I want to ask it again and would appreciate your honest
> opinion.
> > I already have my R&S CCIE and working as a consultant currently at a
> decent
> > salary and stuff but looking forward to something that would make me
> more
> > valuable and gives a chance to be in demand and have an edge, I have
> been
> > thinking about going for storage CCIE. I have to admit that I have not
> > much idea about storage but would like to see what others think about it
> and
> > pls let me know whether there is enough value to doing it and if there
> are
> > jobs for this out there - I think EMC might be big in this industry but
> want
> > to hear from people who either have already attained this certification
> or
> > have done some research. As I mentioned before, I have no clear
> preference
> > here but just looking to go for something that would help me stay in
> demand
> > in future endeavors and would help me make some extra bucks. I hope I
> have
> > made my point clear and would eagrly looking for your advice.
> >
> > BTW, if someone has a good recommendation for storage training, pls do
> share
> > as well. Thanks.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Tony
> >
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