NoSQL.AP1.0L0

NoSQL Distilled Lab

Intermediate Self-paced · 1 year access

13 Hands-On LiveLabs

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Lessons

15 Interactive Lessons · 81 topics

01 Why NoSQL? 6 topics

The Value of Relational Databases
Impedance Mismatch
Application and Integration Databases
Attack of the Clusters
The Emergence of NoSQL
Key Points

02 Aggregate Data Models 6 topics · 1 LiveLab

Aggregates
Key-Value and Document Data Models
Column-Family Stores
Summarizing Aggregate-Oriented Databases
Further Reading
Key Points

1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

03 More Details on Data Models 6 topics

Relationships
Graph Databases
Schemaless Databases
Materialized Views
Modeling for Data Access
Key Points

04 Distribution Models 6 topics

Single Server
Sharding
Master-Slave Replication
Peer-to-Peer Replication
Combining Sharding and Replication
Key Points

05 Consistency 7 topics

Update Consistency
Read Consistency
Relaxing Consistency
Relaxing Durability
Quorums
Further Reading
Key Points

06 Version Stamps 3 topics

Business and System Transactions
Version Stamps on Multiple Nodes
Key Points

07 Map-Reduce 5 topics

Basic Map-Reduce
Partitioning and Combining
Composing Map-Reduce Calculations
Further Reading
Key Points

08 Key-Value Databases 4 topics

What Is a Key-Value Store
Key-Value Store Features
Suitable Use Cases
When Not to Use

09 Document Databases 4 topics · 2 LiveLab

What Is a Document Database?
Features
Suitable Use Cases
When Not to Use

2 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

10 Column-Family Stores 4 topics · 6 LiveLab

What Is a Column-Family Data Store?
Features
Suitable Use Cases
When Not to Use

6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

11 Graph Databases 4 topics · 3 LiveLab

What Is a Graph Database?
Features
Suitable Use Cases
When Not to Use

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

12 Schema Migrations 5 topics · 1 LiveLab

Schema Changes
Schema Changes in RDBMS
Schema Changes in a NoSQL Data Store
Further Reading
Key Points

1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

13 Polyglot Persistence 8 topics

Disparate Data Storage Needs
Polyglot Data Store Usage
Service Usage over Direct Data Store Usage
Expanding for Better Functionality
Choosing the Right Technology
Enterprise Concerns with Polyglot Persistence
Deployment Complexity
Key Points

14 Beyond NoSQL 7 topics

File Systems
Event Sourcing
Memory Image
Version Control
XML Databases
Object Databases
Key Points

15 Choosing Your Database 6 topics

Programmer Productivity
Data-Access Performance
Sticking with the Default
Hedging Your Bets
Key Points
Final Thoughts

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13 LiveLabs

Building the Sample Data in MongoDB
Using the find Query in MongoDB
Using db.runCommand() in MongoDB
Creating a Super Column Family in Cassandra
Creating a Column Family in Cassandra
Inserting and Reading Data in CQL

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