Hey everyone 👋

I'm currently studying for the Dell Technologies Certified PowerScale Design (D-PSC-DS-01) exam and wanted to see if anyone here has taken it recently and can share some honest feedback on how they approached it.

For resources I've been going through the official Dell materials, mainly the exam page on Dell Learning and the certification overview page. The exam breakdown is pretty clear in terms of domains but there's quite a lot to get your head around, particularly the Platform Infrastructure section which makes up a big chunk of the exam.

I've also been using CERTSPRIME PRACTICE QUESTIONS on the side just to pressure test myself and spot any weak areas. It's been useful but I'm obviously not treating it as a substitute for actually understanding the content.

A few things I'd love to get some input on:

The Platform Infrastructure domain is weighted at 36%, which is hefty. How deep did you go into OneFS and SmartConnect before you felt comfortable? Any specific areas within that you'd flag as must knows?
The exam is described as being scenario based and focused on real world design decisions, not just theory. How practical did you find the actual questions? Should I be spending more time working through design scenarios?
Are the official Dell Learning course materials enough on their own or did you find you needed to go deeper into the product documentation as well?
50 questions in 90 minutes with a 54% passing score sounds manageable but I've heard the scenario based questions can eat up time. How was the pacing for you?

Would really appreciate any input, just trying to make sure I'm focusing my time on the right things. Thanks in advance! 🙏

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