SA (Storage Administrator)

EMC Storage Description:
The SA (Storage Administrator) certification from EMC certification is an advanced level certification. This certification was started in 2001, and was last updated in 2003.

A person with the SA EMC Certification (Storage Administrator) has the foundation information and advanced level understanding for SA (Storage Administrator) certified professionals that can usability and administration of EMC information storage and management solutions. This knowledge will include but will not be limited to Development of expert knowledge in the management of EMC CLARiiON solutions, Symmetrix business continuity, storage management, SAN, backup and recovery, and networked storage solutions in heterogeneous data center environments is available through this track and its related specialties.

EMC Storage Prerequisites:
You must have 6 to 12 months usability and administration of EMC information storage and management solutions. However, for the SA certification you have to know all the basics of the certification. In addition, to do the SA exams and you are recommended to do the EMC Training course. Alternatively you can do the SA study guides or SA practice exams from vendors like Testking.com.

EMC Storage SA Exams:
You need to do the EMC exam(s) required to earn SA certification. These can be one or two exams:

The two exams that is required is the EMC E20-512 SA (Symmetrix Business Continuity Specialist Exam for Storage Administrator) and EMC E20-812 SA (Symmetrix Business Continuity Expert Exam for Storage Administrators) exam.

EMC Storage SA Recertification
The certification are now valid for only indefinitely.

EMC Storage SA Training
The recommended EMC training courses for the SA is the Instructor-Led Training, Instructor-Led Training Video, Instructor-Led Learning Replication Manager Overview, Business Continuity Over Optical Networks, PowerPath Configuration and Administration, Symmetrix Business Continuity TimeFinder Solutions (2 days), Symmetrix Business Continuity SRDF Solutions (3 days) courses from EMC Certification Training.

On the internet you can find additional SA prep material, including TestKing practice questions, simulations, study guide s, labs, tips from the SA (Storage Administrator) professionals, expert advice, success stories, along with all the other SA (Storage Administrator) resources to help the students preparing for the SA certification exams.