Database failures can cost enterprises millions of dollars per hour, while poor capacity planning leads to unexpected outages and budget overruns. This Short Course was created to help data engineering professionals accomplish advanced database administration that ensures both reliability and optimal performance.
Automate, Analyze, and Database Administration
Automate, Analyze, and Database Administration
This course is part of DataOps: Automation & Reliability Specialization
Instructor: Hurix Digital
Access provided by University of Warwick
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Advanced level
Recommended experience
4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Proactive automation with validation is the foundation of reliable data systems.
Backup processes must include integrity verification to be trustworthy .
Performance issues in high-concurrency systems require systematic diagnosis using database internals rather than guesswork
Effective capacity planning transforms historical patterns into actionable forecasts that prevent resource shortages and waste.
Skills you'll gain
- Relational Databases
- Data Validation
- Performance Tuning
- SQL
- Operational Databases
- Forecasting
- Performance Analysis
- Database Administration
- Database Architecture and Administration
- Resource Planning
- Demand Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Data Access
- Problem Management
- Database Management
- Data Integrity
- Data Maintenance
- Application Performance Management
- Disaster Recovery
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There are 3 modules in this course
Learners will implement and validate automated database backup systems with integrity verification to ensure reliable data protection in production environments.
What's included
3 videos1 reading2 assignments
Learners will systematically diagnose database performance issues by analyzing lock contention patterns and implementing targeted resolution strategies for high-concurrency environments.
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2 videos1 reading2 assignments
Learners will analyze historical database growth patterns and create data-driven capacity forecasts that support proactive infrastructure planning and budget decisions.
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2 videos1 reading2 assignments1 ungraded lab
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