I passed the EMC E10-001 exam on Thursday, giving me the EMCISA certification. My primary study material was the insanely long-titled Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing, and Protecting Digital Information in Classic, Virtualized, and Cloud Environments. I went with the Kindle edition to save money as well as the ability to read the book anywhere – phone, laptop, or Kindle.
Everything you need to know for exam success is in this book. I found the first few chapters to be basic IT skills review, but it soon moved into material that I was hazy on – FCoE, object-based storage, and array-based replication technology. It’s a fairly lengthy read at over 500 pages, but I went through the book once, did my Kindle highlighting, then headed over to the practice test.
The practice test lets you know what you got wrong, but not the correct answer. I went back and studied up on the ones that I got wrong. When I got a 90% on the practice test, I booked the exam. Since I’d never taken an EMC exam, I wasn’t sure whether I’d get Microsoft-style pure memorization questions, or Cisco-style conceptual questions. I was pleased to find the EMC questions were more like a Cisco exam. I found the questions to be straightforward, no material beyond what is covered in the book and no trick questions.
With the EMCISA certification knocked out, the path is now clear to pursue a Specialist-level EMC certification.
Mahesh
Does anybody know here if we have book for E20-532 which i can refer to prepare for exam.
pkremer
I’m not aware of one.
Imtiyaz pasha
What after clearing certifications exam?
pkremer
Nothing really, I don’t work directly with EMC storage anymore so I stopped pursuing EMC certs.
Lee
Hey do you remember what the pass mark was when you sat the exam? I am also accessing the practice test you referred to however the pass mark on the practice is 60% and I imagine the real thing is no where near that low
pkremer
It was just too long ago, I don’t remember. Sorry!
Akshay Shetye
hi sir,
i want to give this exam,so please guide course material & training & dumps.
pkremer
I explained the study material in the blog post. I’m not going to respond to the request for dumps.
Picledo
Hi Patrick!
Did you pass the rest of examsn to accomplish Specialist EMC Certification? If your answer is yes, could you say to me what materials, webs and books did you use?
Thank you!
pkremer
Hi – unfortunately I was not able to continue on that track. I’ve left the consulting world since then, so I won’t be going after any more EMC certifications any time soon.
Ramya
Hi,
Did you buy the practice tests else where ? I bought a hard copy of the EMC – ISM book , do not find any tests in here.
pkremer
Hello – I used to try finding practice exams, but I don’t do that anymore. I study as much as I can, and then just go sit the exam. I end up passing most of the time. If I fail, I’ve just taken the best practice exam available – the actual exam.
Ramya
Thats cool. But i cannot afford to fail 🙁
I find the syllabus short. But the book is very descriptive.
Ravi
Can you please give me the online link for downloading the books for Exam prepartaions
pkremer
Hello Ravi – there is a direct link to Amazon in the blog post.
Siva Manikanta Kumar
Hello sir,
I’m Siva doing B.tech final. I want to go through EMC2 world, now i would like to write EMCISA exam. I’m not getting any suggestions or advice from others, can you please tell me how to crack the exam and how do I plan for this exam preparation.
Thank you sir.
pkremer
All you need is the book I referenced in the post above. Read the book, take the practice test, and sit the exam. The book has everything you need to pass.
CodeBreaker
Congrants dude… How much was the exam cost?
pkremer
Hello – the exam was $200 US.