Searching for advanced learning materials for Azure Cosmos DB

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Searching for advanced learning materials for Azure Cosmos DB

Martin Hornáček 21

Hi,

I got recently interested in distributed systems and Azure Cosmos DB in particular.
While studying for the DP-420 exam I got acquainted with the standard channels (Azure Cosmos DB Twitter, LiveTv, blog, YouTube etc.) and those are all great - they helped me a lot for the exam.

But I'd like to learn more. I was wondering if someone would be able to point me to some more advanced resources related to Azure Cosmos DB.

Just to illustrate what I have in mind, I am looking for more topics related to architecture and design of Azure Cosmos DB.
I liked the GitHub repo with TLA+ specifications on Consistency levels and papers from Dharma Shukla et. al here and Markus Kuppe et. al here.

Does something come to mind? Something like a curated list of papers, white papers, workshop videos etc..

Thank you very much for response.
M.

Martin Hornáček 21 Reputation points

2022-12-22T19:11:05+00:00

Thanks @GeethaThatipatri-MSFT ,

I will have a look at the links you provided.

I wanted to learn more details about the Consistency Models.

Another topic which piqued my interest was how the physical partition split works behind the scenes.
It is managed by Azure Cosmos DB itself as far as I know and as developers we have no control over it.
But still, I was wondering how this process works being the scenes.

I will check the documentation to see if I find something on these topics there.
The technical overview article is great, if you know of similar articles please let me know.

Thank you.

M.

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Martin Hornáček 21 Reputation points

2022-12-22T19:11:05+00:00

Thanks @GeethaThatipatri-MSFT ,

I will have a look at the links you provided.

I wanted to learn more details about the Consistency Models.

Another topic which piqued my interest was how the physical partition split works behind the scenes.
It is managed by Azure Cosmos DB itself as far as I know and as developers we have no control over it.
But still, I was wondering how this process works being the scenes.

I will check the documentation to see if I find something on these topics there.
The technical overview article is great, if you know of similar articles please let me know.

Thank you.

M.

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GeethaThatipatri-MSFT 29,552 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Martin Hornáček here is the blog on partition key you can refer to
https://parveensingh.com/cosmos-db-parition-keys/
I find this article very good as it explains physical partitions in relation to how cosmos DB scales
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/scaling-provisioned-throughput-best-practices

Also the following video Better understanding database throughput and partitioning in Azure Cosmos DB - Episode 38 - YouTube) In the video, PM Deborah Chen, walks through what happens during partition splits.

Regards
Geetha

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Martin Hornáček 21 Reputation points

2022-12-23T08:41:25.313+00:00

Great, thanks a lot!
M.
GeethaThatipatri-MSFT 29,552 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-12-23T13:58:15.31+00:00

@Martin Hornáček Thank you for visiting the Microsoft QA forums! Have a great day!

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GeethaThatipatri-MSFT 29,552 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Hi, @Martin Hornáček Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A platform, thanks for posting the question
Good to hear your feedback and Cosmos DB channels.
Please share specific topics so I can provide you with more details, you can refer to the documentation on cosmos DB
Please check this document on the technical overview of Azure cosmos db

Regards
Geetha

GeethaThatipatri-MSFT 29,552 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-12-22T19:12:19.783+00:00

Hi, @Martin Hornáček We haven't heard back from you. Just wanted to check if you find the above reply useful. If yes, do click on the 'Mark as answer' link in the above reply. This will help other community members facing similar queries to refer to this solution.

Happy to provide more information for any additional questions.

Regards
Geetha

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