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How big is the demand for the storage CCIE? Are we talking IP Tel payscales?
On 12/19/07, Colin McNamara 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 > (858)208-8105 > CCIE #18233,RHCE,GCIH > http://www.2cups.com > > “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 > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Subscription information may be found at: > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html