Database Administration: Automation and Performance Analysis

Database downtime and poor capacity planning can disrupt business operations and lead to high recovery costs. Understanding how to automate routine tasks and analyze database health is essential for keeping modern applications running smoothly. This text-based course guides you from database fundamentals to managing, automating, and analyzing databases effectively. You will learn how to configure databases, write automation scripts, monitor performance, and plan capacity to ensure high availability. What you'll learn: - Learn the core principles of database administration, including configuration, user management, and security baselines. - Automate repetitive tasks such as routine backups, maintenance, and updates using scripting and modern automation workflows. - Analyze database performance metrics to identify query bottlenecks and optimize system resource utilization. - Configure basic monitoring and alerting systems to proactively detect anomalies and prevent unexpected failures. - Practice capacity planning techniques to scale storage and compute resources efficiently as data grows. - Understand modern high availability concepts and disaster recovery strategies to ensure business continuity. The course begins with foundational database terminology, setup procedures, and administrative roles, before moving into practical automation scripting, performance analysis, and proactive monitoring techniques. This course is designed for beginners, aspiring database administrators, and system administrators looking to build reliable systems, with no prior database management experience required. Start reading today to build resilient, automated, and high-performing database environments.