LinuC System Architect
LinuC-SA
Exam SA01 Objectives
In order to be certified as a LinuC System Architect, it is essential to take this exam and the SA02 exam. It covers the skills necessary to design and build an optimal architecture by taking a bird's-eye view of the entire lifecycle of a system that utilizes Linux and other OSS, including on-premise/cloud and real/virtualization.
Each item in the question pool is weighted according to its importance. The importance level indicates the relative importance of each topic. The more important a topic is, the more questions will be asked about it in the exam.
SA.01: System Architecture
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Overview | Candidates understand architectural patterns, communication protocols, and design techniques that avoid system complexity and enable independent changes and extensions by element, thereby creating a highly flexible system. |
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SA.02: Network and Storage
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Overview | Candidates understand the key factors to consider when designing and operating systems that integrate multiple sites. |
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Overview | Candidates can select storage provisioning types and access protocols according to their use cases. They can also understand key configuration methods and considerations for implementation. |
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SA.03: Availability
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Overview | Candidates understand the design to eliminate single points of failure through failover clusters, including problems to solve, design considerations, and key implementations. |
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SA.04: Performance and Scalability
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Overview | Candidates can improve performance bottlenecks by selecting processing or communication methods, adjusting functionality priorities, and tuning parameters to suit business characteristics. |
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