CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Study Guide (Exam CV0-001) (Certification Press)

Finally I have cleared the Cloud+ certification. Some tips for the people who are going to take this in future:I am a programmer and had very little bit of knowledge about networking or storage. Don't consider this book as the only guide necessary to pass the certification. There is a 50-50 chance that you may or you may not pass the exam if you just study the contents in this book, considering that you are totally new to Storage and Networking.This book gives only a high level understanding of the concept, this is not sufficient enough to know the actual usages. In the exam they test you for the actual usages and just knowing the definitions is not sufficient.There is a lot of improvements which needs to be made in this book to be called as THE OFFICIAL STUDY GUIDE.Since, I was a beginner to Cloud, this book was useful to get started and understand the basics. But, only when I researched on the topics in depth did I realize that what all useful information is missing in this book.Exam/Study Tips:For my study, I watched a lot of youtube videos about networking concepts which are part of this book. There are videos in youtube which give you very detailed information about the terminologies and why they are useful in real world.The wiki is also a wonderful place to get the information in a neat and crisp format.There is a site called as cybrary.it, which has video tutorial dedicated to this certification for free. Few tips from that video are also useful.Know all the acronyms present in the CompTIA Objective guide. You should know what those are used for also. Many of the acronyms present in the guide are not part of this book.Know the difference between terminologies which are very similar to each other like LUN masking/zoning etc. If you are not aware of the differences, then this can get very tricky.

My colleague and I used this book and both passed the Cloud+ Exam a mere 6 days ago. I can tell you that this book does cover all the topics we ran across on the exam. We are both Network Engineers who work at a good sized data center so we have background in many of the topics. Some of the topics are not explained well for a first timer but are sufficient review for those who already know about it and are just studying for the exam. I would normally give the book 5 stars since it was my sole source for the exam and I passed but have to downgrade 1 star because of the digital price. I bought the Kindle version and my colleague bought the print version. I paid about $2 less for the Kindle version which seems too high being that they save on printing and shipping a book. Also, his came with a CD with practice exams and mine was a download. However, one of the practice tests was different between the two and the print version did not have Appendix B.At this time, this is pretty much the only Cloud+ available so if you are interested in taking the exam, buy this book, and search the internet for any topics you need more help with. (Hint: The book specifically talks about RAID 0,1,5, 6, 0+1, and 1+0 but mentions you should know all RAID levels (i.e including RAID 3/4) so I would research those not covered by the book specifically)

Like all of these type of certifications, I used more than one source. This book was well worth the expense in studying for the Cloud+ exam. It is probably the best one to use for the first study guide you pick up. It does not dive as deep as the exam takes you in places, however it will give you a good all around understanding of what you need to know to pass the Cloud+ exam. It is well written and easy to understand. Out of all the books I read for Cloud+, this one was the best.If you have not worked in a cloud or virtualization environment, this can be a tricky exam. It is certainly doable, without cloud experience. I have never worked in those environments and I am not a technical guy and I passed the exam on my first attempt. To me the areas that were the most challenging was virtualization and storage.My advice is to purchase this book and at least one other for your studies. Take the time to actually learn the material! Also, as with all CompTIA exams, the test itself is vendor neutral. Do not spend much time learning how to operate the different proprietary platforms and their capabilities. There will be no questions on things such as Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware.

The book is pretty decent for covering concepts needed for the exam. However, like most exams, don't use just one study source. I combined this book by watching Skillsoft training that was available thru my job as well as another book, CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-001 In Depth. I passed the exam with a 827/900. I started with a networking and SAN background so some of the things were review for me.The book will prepare you BUT make sure you pay attention to things mentioned like "this is the best for this" or "this is cheaper or more expensive than that" or "this is faster but has this draw back", etc especially when it comes to cpu, memory and storage because that's what really got me thru the exam. My advice would be make sure you understand the practical solutions for managing vm's and vm hosts. There's alot of scenario-type questions on the exam. Like a vm is having this issue, then you have to choose the answer that bests solves it kindof thing.

Do not purchase this book. It is quite inadequate to pass the latest version of the Cloud+ exam. The book does not go into the syllabus in enough depth to pass and the practice test questions are an order of magnitude simpler than the real thing. You will need to understand and be able to use IP addressing and subnet mask/numbers of hosts and have a fairly in depth knowledge of RAID types and encryption standards not covered by the book. The Cloud Operations and best practice type questions to be found on the exam are way more advanced than the treatment found in the book. Additionally, the sample tests on the CompTIA web site also give a false impression of the level of difficulty of the exam as it is now being delivered. I hope this will save you from wasting your exam fee which in the UK is £214.80 - not a trivial sum!

There are a number of subjects which are brushed over and require more detail, some not even mentioned at all. These subjects are Hypervisor Configuration, Virtualization Implementation, Host/Guest/Network Security, Network Storage methods and implementation, Port Assignments, Subnetting, Network Routing, RIAD, Types of physical HDDs.What is in the book is a detailed overview of the different cloud environments and the services which these environments can provide. It also details the pros and cons of cloud computing (required for the exam) and that for some businesses or organizations this may not be the correct IT service for them. We are also informed about cloud computing from a Service Management perspective and the costs involved which take direction from scalability and elasticity.I found the book to be a quick read and took notes along the way. Did this help me pass the exam? I would have to say yes an have no regrets but my advice is to source more material on the subjects I mentioned above. I was fortunate to have already passed my Server+, Network+ and Security+ before making preparations for this particular exam.Good Luck!

Many exam questions subjects are not covered in this book and should not be relied upon as a sole means to pass the test. It missed many things such as going in deeper into encryption standards and does no wat to prepare for subnet calculations and many other concepts in the exam. Passed the exam first time though not down to this book. You could easily waste £200 by using only this book!

This book provided good information for assisting me with passing the exam. I had to do some extra reading from other resources and my experience in a number of the areas helped with preparing me for the exam. I scored 874 on a scale of 100 to 900.

very good condition