Databases on AWS - part 1

Databases are among the most used applications in the cloud (or anywhere else, for that matter). Managing data is exactly what computers were invented for, so it should come as no surprise that a great deal of attention is focused on the many different Database Management Systems and Data Management tools that are available.

This course will cover AWS's database solutions. It is split in two parts, the first is dedicated to the two most important Database services in the Amazon family: RDS, a relational database supporting DBMS like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MSSQL; and DynamoDB, a powerful NoSQL DBMS adopting the key-value data model. The second part is about the more advanced AWS database systems like Elasticache, RedShift, and SimpleDB.

 

Who should take this course

For this beginner course, you'll require no special prerequisites. Nevertheless, some experience with Databases and at least a basic knowledge of the related jargon might be helpful. If you are completely new to the cloud, you might benefit from our Introduction to Cloud Computing course. You might also find the AWS general introduction course interesting interesting if you are not yet that familiar with the AWS cloud platform.

If you want to test your knowledge of the basic topics covered by this course, we strongly suggest you take our quiz questions. Another nice follow up to this course is our RDS lab, where you can get your hands dirty with a real RDS instance in the cloud, and Databases on AWS - part 2.