Red Hat reportedly celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Red Hat (News - Alert) Certified Engineer certification, which reportedly has cleared 38,000 professional RHCE’s across the globe to administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
The RHCE diploma is an advanced level practical Red Hat 302 exam that assesses a candidate’s ability to set up and re-configure a RHEL system, demonstrate sound enterprise-level Internet protocol networking and security ability within a two part five and a half hour lab practical. The first section is nearly two and half hours long and tests the examinee’s troubleshooting and system maintenance skill level. The second section scrutinizes the ability to install RHEL and configure the computing device preferably at first attempt within three hours.
Linux is a free and open source software platform that encourages GNU’s “Not Unix General Public Licensees” to use and transparently modify the source code. Even though RHEL is based on open source code Linux it is, however, a profit making software that Red Hat insists only RHCE’s are permitted to maintain and rectify. Red Hat promises free upgrades of new releases that occur at approximately two-year intervals provided the then current subscription term is active, and it maintains RHEL for seven years from the time of purchase.
“Linux thrives on the open contributions of enthusiasts and professionals alike, but only a Red Hat Certified Engineer has proven the level of expertise that enables Rackspace to deliver the Fanatical Support our customers rely on when their business is on the line,” said Mike Roberts, Senior Linux Technical Trainer for Rackspace Support Training Operations.
Rackspace is an information technology Internet access and web hosting company that provides tailored Linux based solutions for email, telephone and ticket systems to customers, and allegedly provides a guaranteed 24x7x365 support system it calls “Fanatical Support.”
Other Red Hat certificates are Red Hat Certified Technician, Red Hat Certificates of Expertise, Red Hat Certified Security Specialist, Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist and Red Hat Certified Architect.
“RHCE and other Red Hat certifications provide meaningful benchmarks to customers who hire and manage system administrators for Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments,” said Randy Russell, Director of Certification at Red Hat. “RHCEs provide value to our customers by managing more systems more efficiently and effectively.”
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