Distributed Databases Courses and Certifications

Foundations of Distributed Database Systems

Master distributed database fundamentals, from core architectures to advanced partitioning techniques. Gain practical skills in optimizing query performance and managing data across distributed environments.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Large-Scale Database Systems

Master distributed database systems, cloud computing, and machine learning concepts while gaining practical skills in query optimization, data reliability, and scalable analytics using Hadoop and MapReduce.

• Coursera
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Riak Fundamentals

67 ratings at Pluralsight

This course covers distributed databases at a level to give you, the developer, a full understanding of the academic topics, architectural design, design patterns and tooling available today.

• Pluralsight
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

FoundationDB as a Storage Engine for Irmin

Explore Irmin's integration with FoundationDB as a storage engine, highlighting benefits, implementation challenges, and potential applications in distributed database systems.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

TiKV Best Practices - Deployment, Scaling, and Performance Optimization

Explore TiKV best practices for distributed key-value databases, covering data distribution, cross-DC deployment, scaling, hotspot management, and performance tuning for optimal system efficiency.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Disaster Recovery with Distributed Databases - Implementing Asynchronous Replication

Explore disaster recovery strategies for distributed databases using asynchronous replication, Kafka, and Apache Mesos. Learn implementation techniques and best practices for fault tolerance and scalability.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Evolution of TiKV - Architecture, Scalability, and Challenges

Explore TiKV's evolution, architecture, and key features like scalability and data consistency. Learn about its challenges and priority I/O scheduling.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

One VTOrc to Rule Them All - High Availability in a Distributed Database System

Explore VTOrc, the next-gen cluster management service for Vitess, offering high availability in distributed databases through planned failovers, failure detection, and customizable durability policies.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Multi-Region, Multi-Primary, and Eventually Consistent Database Systems

Explore a clever implementation of multi-region, multi-primary databases with eventual consistency using service mesh and open policy agent. Learn benefits for financial trading and auctions.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The ASF

The Open Source Way of Self-Developed Distributed Database

Explore OceanBase's journey from e-commerce to enterprise-wide database, its open-source decision, and community-building strategies for distributed database technology.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The ASF

BanyanDB: A Highly Scalable Distributed Tracking Database

Explore BanyanDB, a distributed database for efficient storage and flexible querying of trace data in microservice systems. Learn its design, architecture, and real-world applications.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Be the Best Database in the Digital Era

Explore the future of distributed databases with OceanBase CTO Charlie Yang, discussing cloud-native approaches, consistency, and compatibility in the digital era.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

SNIAVideo

ACID Complexity in Modern Databases - Understanding Transaction Evolution and Implementation

Explore the evolution and complexities of database transactions, from fundamental ACID properties to modern distributed systems like Aurora, DynamoDB, and Spanner.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Conf42

Creating a Distributed Database on Kubernetes Leveraging a Monolithic One

Learn to transform a monolithic database into a distributed system on Kubernetes, exploring challenges and solutions for scalability and performance optimization.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Distributed Data Warehouse OLAP Databases - Lecture 23

Explore distributed data warehouse OLAP databases, covering architecture, query processing, and optimization techniques for large-scale analytical systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video