Case studies: NoSQL databases and cloud object storage

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Learn about two more types of storage - NoSQL databases and object storage - with case studies from industry.

Learning objectives

In this module, you will:

Explain the Apache HBase, Apache Cassandra and MongoDB NoSQL database data models.
List the common operations in HBase, Cassandra, and MongoDB.
Summarize the architectures of HBase, Cassandra, and MongoDB.
List the use cases of HBase, Cassandra, and MongoDB.
Explain the OpenStack Swift cloud object storage data models.
Discuss the consistency guarantees provided by Swift.

In partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.

Understand what cloud computing is, including cloud service models, and common cloud providers
Know the technologies that enable cloud computing
Understand how cloud service providers pay for and bill for the cloud
Know what datacenters are and why they exist
Know how datacenters are set up, powered, and provisioned
Understand how cloud resources are provisioned and metered
Be familiar with the concept of virtualization
Know what the different types of virtualization are
Understand CPU virtualization
Understand memory virtualization
Understand I/O virtualization
Know about the different types of data and how they are stored
Be familiar with distributed file systems and how they work

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