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
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Automate, Analyze, and Database Administration
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Instructor: Hurix Digital
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3 hours to complete
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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
- Data Integrity
- Application Performance Management
- SQL
- Disaster Recovery
- Database Management
- Database Architecture and Administration
- Data Maintenance
- Capacity Planning
- Resource Planning
- Database Administration
- Data Access
- Data Validation
- Forecasting
- Demand Planning
- Performance Analysis
- Performance Tuning
- Problem Management
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February 2026
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