Amazon Redshift Concurrency Scaling
This lesson covers Amazon Redshift's Concurrency Scaling feature, which adds query processing power to a cluster for specific users or queues as needed. You'll get introduced to concurrency scaling, what it does, its basic purpose, and how to activate it. We'll round things off with a demo from the AWS platform which will guide you through the process of setting up concurrency scaling in your environment.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of Amazon Redshift concurrency scaling
- Learn how to set up and activate concurrency scaling
Intended Audience
This lesson is intended for anyone who wants to enhance their knowledge of Amazon Redshift, specifically how to implement concurrency scaling.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have some basic experience with Amazon Redshift.
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