Data Center Certified Associate

For individuals who are interested in designing and building or upgrading the physical infrastructure of data centers, CertRef gives you a way to differentiate yourself in a job market that’s hungry for your skills.
The Data Center Certified Associate, DCCA, Exam offered by CertRef is a terrific entry-level certification for individuals who design, build and manage data centers as part of a data center-centric IT team.

Certified individuals will have a base level proficiency in the elements of cooling, power, racks, cabling, fire protection, management and physical security.
The DCCA certification focuses on proficiency working with physical data center infrastructures, such as power and cooling, racks, cabling, management and security.

The different sections that would be covered in the DCCA certification exam are as follows:

• Advantages of Row and Rack Oriented Cooling Architecture
• Examining Fire Protection Methods for your Data Center
• Fundamental Cabling Strategies for Data Centers
• Fundamentals of Availability
• Fundamentals of Cooling
• Fundamentals of Physical Security
• Fundamentals of Power
• Generator Fundamentals
• Optimizing Cooling Layouts for the Data Center
• Physical Infrastructure Management Basics
• Power Distribution
• Power Redundancy in the Data Center
• Rack Fundamentals