Isilon Technical Certification Program

The Isilon Technical Certification Program demonstrates your experience and expertise with the Isilon Scale-out Storage platform. Isilon offers two Certifications to meet your professional needs.

  • Isilon Certified Clustered Storage Associate (ICCSA) . Earning this Certification, requires an 80% or better score on the Isilon Clustered Storage Associate exam.

  • Isilon Certified Clustered Storage Professional (ICCSP):  Earning this Certificaiton, requires an 80% or better score on both the Isilon Clustered Storage Associate Exam and the Isilon Clustered Storage Professional Exam.

Exam Preparation

Significant hands-on experience with management and administration of Isilon Scale-out Storage is a key requirement in order to successfully pass a Certification exam.  You are not required to attend a technical training class at the Isilon Institute before taking a certification exam, however, it is recommended.  Please be sure to review the Exam Blueprint to aid your exam preparation.

Exam Registration

  • The Isilon Technical Certification exams are administered in Pearson VUE testing centers.
  • To register for an exam, visit http://www.pearsonvue.com/isilon/, or call 866-600-5442 (US toll-free).
  • The cost for each exam is $150 (USD) in the USA. For exam costs in other regions, visit www.pearsonvue.com/isilon

Additional Information

  • Each exam is 60 minutes long. 
  • Currently, the exam is only offered in English.  However, candidates in non-English speaking countries are offered an additional 30 minutes to cmplete the exam (for a total of 90 minutes).
  • Exam results:  You will leave the testing center with a printed score report, showing how you did on the exam. Isilon will mail your certificate within 14 days of the completion of the exam.
  • Re-take policy:  If a candidate fails either exam, they must wait 14 days before taking the test again.

For questions and more information, please contact itcp@isilon.com