ITS4115: Database Administration

Area of Study
Credits 4
Variable Credits
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Students master the engineering, automation, and administration of enterprise-scale, production-ready data tiers. Moving beyond manual server configurations, this course approaches database administration through the lens of modern Database Reliability Engineering (DRE). Students learn to automate database provisioning, configuration, and scaling utilizing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and containerization platforms. The curriculum emphasizes the orchestration of multi-region replication topologies, continuous automated backup verification, and disaster recovery playbooks. Special focus is directed toward enforcing enterprise-grade security controls.

Corequisites

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