Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-05-01 Thread Gary Zhu
anyone interested in buying full voice lab? I am selling mine. On 01/05/2013, at 12:31, Robert Thomas tho...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the Advise. CCIE salary expectations vary on time and they also vary on Geography. Currently a CCNP in CR (Costa Rica) makes somewhere 25K a year.

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-30 Thread Robert Thomas
Eventhough they refresh the HW I don't expect any major changes. I mean I think people will continue to use 28XX series and PVDM2 for a while... Most likely they will upgrade to CUCM 8.6, 9 is still too early on the field. 10 wont be comming out until next year to the customers. The only thing

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-30 Thread Bill Lake
I know this can be true. When I took my lab, another version was updating and I talked to one of the guys taking it. he said that all the seats were full for the next 6 weeks. So if he did not pass, he most likely would not get another chance. Not sure what people do, book extra labs just in

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-30 Thread Hesham Abdelkereem
Robert, Robert my good advice for you. But the lab with the highest end Server something like DELL POWER EDGE V3 which has 64 gb rams and 4 TB hard drives the server will be valid for any other application you want. CUCM Cluster V9 , Microsoft Server 2012 , Exchange 2013 and LYNC 2013. Make sure

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-30 Thread Abel ...
The system only allow one booking per time. On Apr 30, 2013 10:02 PM, Bill Lake whl...@gmail.com wrote: I know this can be true. When I took my lab, another version was updating and I talked to one of the guys taking it. he said that all the seats were full for the next 6 weeks. So if he

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-30 Thread Hesham Abdelkereem
Also , It's good to mention that if you've decided to wait for a new version. You have to wait for a very long time at least a year after the new version released. As you must wait for a new workbook versions as well as you need to consult people who took and passed the new version so that will

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-30 Thread Robert Thomas
Thanks for the Advise. CCIE salary expectations vary on time and they also vary on Geography. Currently a CCNP in CR (Costa Rica) makes somewhere 25K a year. (Yeah we are cheap, perhaps not as cheap as India) and a CCIE makes somewhere aroun 50K a year. You can leave pretty decently on this

[OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-28 Thread Robert Thomas
Hi, I'm thinking on buying a home lab to start my studies. It would run around 3K investment according to my amazon shopping list. However I'm thinking to wait for June and Cisco Live for announcement about the new version. I don't expect major changes on the setup, perhaps some new phone

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-28 Thread Leslie Meade
Speaking of buying a lab I am selling mine.. I passed a few weeks ago and it is sitting idle at home.. Email me if you want to chat further.. Sent from my iPad On Apr 28, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Robert Thomas tho...@gmail.commailto:tho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm thinking on buying a home lab

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-28 Thread Alex Mendoza
Did you know the official date for new version? I assume that I'll be ready for Sep/oct 2013 Best Regards AA Mendoza Sent from my iPhone  On 28/04/2013, at 10:33, Robert Thomas tho...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm thinking on buying a home lab to start my studies. It would run around 3K

Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] Buying home lab or Waiting for Cisco Live in June

2013-04-28 Thread Bill
If they announce a new version in June you will have about 6 months from then to pass your lab. My recommendation from there is if you have plenty of study/lab time then go for it. If you don't and have to squeeze it in then you might be better off waiting to see. My thought is that 600 to