What this book covers
Chapter 1, AWS Certified Database – Specialty Exam Overview, introduces the exam topics and format and offers hints and tips to help you excel in the exam.
Chapter 2, Understanding Database Fundamentals, helps to give an overview of database technologies and explains the different types of databases, for readers not proficient in database technologies.
Chapter 3, Understanding AWS Infrastructure, offers a high-level view of AWS as a whole as well as a deeper dive into some of the AWS services you need to know.
Chapter 4, Relational Database Service, introduces the first of the AWS fully-managed database offerings.
Chapter 5, Amazon Aurora, explores a custom database service developed by AWS.
Chapter 6, Amazon DynamoDB, introduces our first NoSQL database offered by AWS.
Chapter 7, Redshift and DocumentDB, looks at two specialized database solutions, one for analytics and the other for storing data held within documents.
Chapter 8, Neptune, Quantum Ledger Database, and Timestream, explores three different database technologies: graphs, ledges, and time series.
Chapter 9, Amazon ElastiCache, looks at using a caching database to improve database and application performance.
Chapter 10, The AWS Schema Conversion Tool and AWS Database Migration Service, introduces knowledge around database migrations to AWS and changing the database engine.
Chapter 11, Database Task Automation, covers how to use automation skills and services to reduce manual work and enforce standards.
Chapter 12, AWS Database Security, dives deep into database security processes and procedures.
Chapter 13, CloudWatch and Logging, looks into how to monitor your databases and how to use CloudWatch to find anomalies and errors.
Chapter 14, Backup and Restore, offers a comprehensive explanation of AWS backup and restore techniques as well as theory on RTO and RPO.
Chapter 15, Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques, introduces troubleshooting techniques to help find and resolve common database errors.
Chapter 16, Exam Practice, provides an opportunity to test your new skills in a practice exam with questions very similar to the ones you will see in the exam.
Chapter 17, Answers, provides you with all the answers to the questions at the end of every chapter and their explanations.