Ebook
Understanding Databases: Deploy High-Performance Database Clusters in Modern Applications
This ebook provides a comprehensive guide to selecting, designing, deploying, and managing modern database infrastructures for cloud-native applications. It explains the differences between relational and NoSQL databases, ACID versus BASE consistency models, and the strengths, limitations, and ideal use cases for popular platforms including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Cassandra. Readers learn how to design scalable database architectures using replication, sharding, clustering, monitoring, and managed database services while understanding when to scale vertically or horizontally. The guide also explores cloud deployment strategies, migration to managed databases, and key considerations when selecting alternative cloud providers. A practical second section demonstrates how to bui
