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Kursusnavn (dansk):Database Tuning 
Kursusnavn (engelsk):Database Tuning 
Semester:Forår 2013 
Udbydes under:cand.it., softwareudvikling og -teknologi (sdt) 
Omfang i ECTS:7,50 
Kursussprog:Engelsk 
Kursushjemmeside:https://learnit.itu.dk 
Min. antal deltagere:12 
Forventet antal deltagere:60 
Maks. antal deltagere:70 
Formelle forudsætninger:In order to participate at this course you must have completed the course Database Systems (DBS). or have achieved equivalent competencies elsewhere.
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Information about the course of study
This course is part of a specialization on the Master of Science in IT, study programme Software Development and Technology. See a description of specializations on SDT here:
Kandidat Software Development Technology 
Læringsmål:After the course the student should be able to:

  • Analyze the performance impact of design choices within a database system (indexing, query optimization, concurrency control and recovery)

  • Analyze and Compare the characteristics of different data models (relational, sequence, array)

  • Analyze and Compare the characteristics of distributed and parallel data management architectures (e.g., database management system, column store, cluster/grid data processing)

  • Design and execute experiments to evaluate a data management system performance

 
Fagligt indhold:After decades of development, the software behind relational databases (RDBMSs) makes it possible to design, in a technically relatively simple way, robust software systems that work correctly even in demanding environments with many users, system breakdowns, etc. Often, uses of database systems put high demands on the speed and throughput of the system: Long waiting times are not acceptable, certain types of maintenance and data analysis must run overnight, etc. The goal of this course is to provide students with conceptual and practical tools for improving the performance of relational databases (perform "tuning").

Successful candidates will acquire a thorough understanding of the internals of data management systems; they will be able to choose a data management system that matches given needs and they will be able to tune a data management system for performance.

Reasoning about the performance of a database system requires (a) understanding the internal workings of the database system, and (b) the ability to experiment to either troubleshoot a performance problem or expose the performance characteristics of a given system.

The course deals with the following major topics:
  • Architectures: GAMMA, c-store, bigtable/h-base
  • Data models: relational, array-based, sequence
  • Physical Data Organization and Indexing
  • Transaction management: Concurrency Control and recovery
  • Query optimization


This course is a requirement for the project-based Database Tuning II. 
Læringsaktiviteter:12 forelæsninger + lejlighedsvis øvelser i forbindelse med undervisningen

Teaching consists of a mix of lectures and exercises. The exercises are in the form of tuning experiments. The written exam will have the same form as the exercises .
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The schedule will be available shortly before the beginning of the term.
See the schedule here:
link to the time table
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NB!! Course restriction!!
Please note that there is a course restriction between this course and the SDT courses Database Tuning, Scientific Data Management and Advanced Data Management.
That means that you cannot take this course, if you have already taken Database Tuning, Advanced Data Management and Scientific Data Management, and that you cannot take Scientific Data Management if you take this course.

In order to complete the Database specialization on SDT, you need to take the course Database Tuning II. 

Obligatoriske aktivititer:Der er ingen obligatoriske aktiviteter. Vær venlig KUN at ændre denne tekst når der er obligatoriske aktiviteter./
There are no mandatory activities. Please, change this text ONLY when there are mandatory activities. 
Eksamensform og -beskrivelse:X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 7-trins-skala, Ekstern prøve

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Litteratur udover forskningsartikler:The course uses the following textbook:

Database Tuning. Principles, Experiments, and Troubleshooting Techniques, by Dennis Shasha and Philippe Bonnet, Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. ISBN: 1558607536.

In addition, a number of surveys and research papers will be covered. 
 
Afholdelse (tid og sted)
Kurset afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
UgedagTidspunktForelæsning/ØvelserStedLokale
Tirsdag 08.00-09.50 Forelæsning ITU 4A16
Tirsdag 10.00-11.50 Øvelser ITU 4A16

Eksamen afholdes på følgende tid og sted:
EksamensdatoTidspunktEksamenstypeStedLokale
2013-06-06 09-13 Skriftlig eksamen ITU 3A52, 4A56, 4A58
2013-08-07 RE-EKSAMEN - 09:00-13:00 Skriftlig eksamen ITU 3A52