Re: Passed CCIE Storage!! Triple CCIE!

Wow! Awesome Job Rick!
You inspire me :)

When i grow up, I want to be like you - literally

On 8/5/10, swap m <ccie19804_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Absolute WOWOW!!, big congrats!
>
> The youngest CCIEx3, must be :)
>
> Will wait for your 4th one in Security soon, i may take a shot at
> voice in the mean while :)
>
> Cheers
> Swap #19804x2
>
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Shahid Ansari <shahid1357_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Good !
>> God bless you my child !
>>
>> Thanks
>> Shahid Ansari
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Antonio Soares <amsoares_at_netcabo.pt>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Congratulations Rick. Really amazing !
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Antonio Soares, CCIE #18473 (R&S/SP)
>>> amsoares_at_netcabo.pt
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Rick
>>> Mur
>>> Sent: quinta-feira, 5 de Agosto de 2010 04:18
>>> To: Cisco certification
>>> Subject: Passed CCIE Storage!! Triple CCIE!
>>>
>>> After a little over 3 months of intense preparation I passed the CCIE
>>> Storage
>>> lab today! Officially making me a triple CCIE :-D
>>> I can't describe how happy I am at the moment as it was a very intense
>>> wait
>>> for the results as this one is hand graded, so you don't get the results
>>> overnight.
>>>
>>> For preparation I used the Cisco Press titles on SAN, the excellent Fibre
>>> Channel Bench Reference Guide and the ieMentor Storage Workbook and
>>> Walkthrough Guide.
>>>
>>> If you are preparing for storage be sure that you really build up your
>>> speed
>>> as the storage lab is quite complex in terms of questioning as there are
>>> usually multiple possibilities to solve things and they are very much
>>> looking
>>> for 1 specific solution (it's the same in all tracks, but I found that in
>>> particular with this one).
>>> They really ask you about the whole blueprint! If you are familiar and
>>> comfortable with the ieMentor labs you have all the technical knowledge
>>> you
>>> need, just pay very close attention to the tasks and what you are doing.
>>>
>>> As of hardware, together with Tyson Scott we build 2 full-scale racks
>>> with
>>> 3
>>> MDS switches that we can do about 85-90% of all technologies. I also used
>>> the
>>> ieMentor vRack a couple times to practice a few extra features that we
>>> didn't
>>> have licenses for. That rack unfortunately doesn't hold a Storage
>>> Services
>>> Module (SSM) or Generation 2 linecards (where you have to deal with
>>> oversubscription).
>>>
>>> I'd like to thank Tyson Scott for his support and building and
>>> maintaining
>>> the
>>> racks, Roman Rodichev for his excellent workbook and personal
>>> support/coaching
>>> and Antonella Corno for her alltime support on the Cisco Learning Network
>>> community and the fantastic sessions she teaches almost every week.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Rick Mur
>>> CCIE3 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider / Storage)
>>> Sr. Support Engineer IPexpert, Inc.
>>> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com <http://www.ipexpert.com/>
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