CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Study Guide (Exam CV0-001) (Certification Press) 1st Edition

This is a great book to read before test. has a lot of definitions and examples. has a nice redactions and very clear explain all concepts related to cloud computing.

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)

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.

This is a very good book easy to understand with clear definitions and terms for the learner. Easy to follow with an online curriculum.

This text provides a decent enough overview, but especially if you don't have a great deal of experience in network administration, it's just not enough. Even the book's suggestions as to which topics you need to investigate further aren't sufficient; you will have to go to plenty of outside sources to learn a lot of the more in-depth material that is on the exam but that the book doesn't even touch upon. I don't think I could have passed the exam without going through a wealth of other materials online, videos, Wikipedia articles, forums, etc. I realize this certification isn't geared towards those who are relatively new to IT; but, if you don't have a lot of experience as an admin or in a datacenter, this book is a good starting point, and for the price you might as well go for it, but it is nowhere near enough. CompTIA loves keeping us in the dark as to what will appear on the actual exam, and the fact that this is the only book they suggest on their Web site is living proof of that. Check out what other people who have taken the exam say about it, and do your research accordingly. This book alone won't get you through it.