NetApp Certified Expert (NACE)

Retired August 31, 2007

Certification Summary:
For expert level certification is for individuals who perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for CIFS, NFS, and FCP for SCSI or iSCSI for TCP/IP protocols on a NetApp storage appliance running the Data ONTAP operating system in NFS and Windows (CIFS) multiprotocol environments. Also covers implementation of Clustered Failover, SyncMirror, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, and SnapVault products.

Certification requirements:                                  
You must pass 4 exams ($150 each): NS0-120: Data ONTAP Advanced Exam, NSO-130: Data Protection Exam, NSO-140: High Availability Exam, and NSO-150: SAN Exam.

Continuing requirements:
You must recertify every two years.