You'll learn how data is stored, queried, analyzed, and protected in the cloud. By the end you'll tell relational and NoSQL databases apart, explain why reporting is separated from live applications, and describe backup and recovery choices using recovery time and recovery point objectives.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Relational Databases and Transactions
- Relational Database Fundamentals
- Who Handles What in Managed Databases
- Assessing a Database Choice in Writing
- Unit 2: Choosing the Right Database
- Matching NoSQL Database Types
- Naming Cloud Managed NoSQL Services
- Splitting Data Across the Right Stores
- Unit 3: Transactional and Analytical Work
- Which Workload Belongs Where
- Why Reporting Queries Need Their Own Home
- Explaining the Reporting Pipeline to Dana
- Unit 4: Data Warehouses and Big Data
- Matching Analytics Concepts to Their Descriptions
- Choosing the Right Data Home
- Choosing Streaming or Batch Per Feed
- Unit 5: Backup, Recovery, and Resilience
- Recovery Objectives and Backup Fundamentals
- Choosing Protection for Recovery Targets
- Turning Recovery Targets Into Signable Protection