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Title: Server+ Certification Training Guide by Elton Jernigan ISBN: 0-7357-1087-2 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 10 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97 (32 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Much more than an exam preparation guide
Comment: I have been a system administrator for several years. I am currently using this book to prepare for the Server+ Certification. The author has done a great job of dividing the book in specific chapters such as installation of new servers, upgrading current servers, and problem determination and troubleshooting. Some of my employees who have not decided on taking the exam yet, have found this book to be a excellent reference for their day-to-day duties.
Aside from its fine organization, the book states the learning objectives for each chapter and complements them with practice questions at the end to ensure understanding by the reader, as well as some anecdotes of the author's personal experience. I would recommend this book to any network, systems, or server administrator, even if obtaining the certification is not desired. This is one of the most precious resources I have in my bookshelf.
Rating: 5
Summary: Concise, detailed, complete. The Best book I ever read.
Comment: Too often an author writes to fill up space. This is not the case with the Server+ Certification Training Guide.
Each chapter explains in just enough detail to cover the subject. Elton has done a wonderful job in giving just enough information about the additional concepts mentioned in a chapter to help the reader understand how that information applies to the current subject without sidetracking the reader. References to other chapters are included which explain the additional concepts in their own chapter but doesn't require the reader to leapfrog about the text to get a full understanding of the current subject.
I appreciate the fact that Web based references are noted at the point at which they are most important instead of in an Appendix at the end of the book. I feel that this allows the reader to complete their knowledge of a given subject before moving to the next subject.
Important notes, informative addendums, and exam highlights are notated in sidebars to help the reader and refrains from becoming cluttered.
Hats off to the Editor as well. Virtually no spelling or grammatical errors which is very unusual for a book of this size and content. I only noticed 1 graphical error where the 'Crossover cable pin-out wire color' (right graphic) is a copy of the 'Straight-through cable pin-out wire color' (right graphic). But the correct graphic is easily determined by the reader from the rest of the information.
The book is broken into 3 sections; Exam Preparation, Final Review, and Appendices. The Final Review is in the form of an Outline based on the Test Objectives of the Exam and addresses each of the objectives with a one to three sentence answer.
The CD includes a sample Exam but is just icing on the cake. I would recommend this book to everyone who is interested in achieving his or her Server+ certification, or anyone currently interested in the industry.
William A. Kerr II
MCT, MCSE NT, MCSE+I, MCSE 2000, Network+, A+, and now Server+
Rating: 2
Summary: Nice book but inadequate for the exam
Comment: Elton Jernigan's Server+ Certification guide was written with the intent to present the material needed to pass the CompTIA Server+ certification. Though the breadth of the material needed to be competent to pass the exam is quite large, my hope in purchasing this book was to at least cover the exam objectives enough to be able to have a fighting chance against the bank of questions presented. I'm A+, Net+, MCP and have over two years of server support experience in the Windows environment.
Though I should have known better than to base my studies on a single book, I felt that my experience plus a good overview of the technologies involved should allow me to pass this test.
I took the test today and failed it by one point. You will not, I repeat not, be able to pass this test with the knowledge presented in this book. Where this book presents beginner's level knowledge of the Server+ objectives, the actual test needs an intermediate or better understanding of hardware and multi-vendor network operating systems.
The exam was intermediate difficulty and you will not pass with this book alone. I'll retest and spend another $207 but with a more in-depth study of the material.
2-stars for at least covering the basics of the objectives.
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Title: Server+ Certification Bible by Trevor Kay ISBN: 0764548093 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Server+ Certification Training Kit (Pro Technical Reference) by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735612722 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 16 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Server+ Exam Prep (Exam: SK0-001) by Drew Bird, Mike Harwood ISBN: 1588800385 Publisher: Coriolis Group Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Network+ Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram N10-002) by Mike Harwood, Ed Tittel ISBN: 0789728656 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 22 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Server+ Certification for Dummies by Ron Gilster, Mike Glencross ISBN: 0764508601 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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