In this capstone project, you will apply the skills and knowledge you’ve gained from the IBM Relational Database Administrator Professional Certificate to some real-world database administration tasks.
Relational Database Administration Capstone Project
Relational Database Administration Capstone Project
This course is part of IBM Relational Database Administrator Professional Certificate
Instructors: Abhishek Gagneja
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Advanced level
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15 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Gain real-world, hands-on experience in database administration that you can discuss in interviews and showcase in your portfolio.
Design and implement OLTP and data warehouse schemas, manage data, and query data in MySQL and PostgreSQL
Perform ETL operations, extract data from RDBMS, NoSQL databases, and weblogs, and manage pipelines using Apache Airflow
Apply backup, restore policies, automate the process, set up user access management policies, encrypt data, and optimize SQL queries
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Assessments
14 assignments
Taught in English
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This course is part of the IBM Relational Database Administrator Professional Certificate
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There are 6 modules in this course
In this module, you will design a data platform that uses MySQL as an OLTP database. You will be using MySQL to store the OLTP data.
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2 videos1 reading2 assignments1 app item4 plugins
In this module, you will design and implement a data warehouse and you will then generate reports from the data in the data warehouse.
What's included
2 videos3 assignments2 app items
In this module, you will use the given Python script to perform various ETL operations that load the data warehouse with the required information. You will also write a pipeline that analyzes the web server log file, extracts the required lines and fields, transforms and loads data.
What's included
2 videos3 assignments2 app items
In this module, you will perform back-up and restore operations on the database. You will also implement automation to streamline database management processes.
What's included
2 videos3 assignments2 app items
In this module, you will optimize the query performance and memory utilization of your database. You will also implement data security protocols, including user access management strategies and data encryption.
What's included
2 videos3 assignments2 app items
In this module, you will organize and submit your project deliverables for final evaluation. This module guides you through the submission process and outlines the criteria for assessing your work.
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3 readings1 app item
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