Cloud Data Management and Analysis

  1. Data Ingestion and Collection
    1. Ingestion Patterns
      1. Batch Ingestion
        1. Scheduled Data Loads
          1. Use Cases and Limitations
            1. File-Based Processing
              1. Bulk Data Transfer
                1. Error Handling and Recovery
                2. Stream (Real-Time) Ingestion
                  1. Event-Driven Data Collection
                    1. Low-Latency Requirements
                      1. Continuous Data Flow
                        1. Backpressure Management
                          1. Fault Tolerance
                          2. Micro-Batch Ingestion
                            1. Hybrid Approaches
                              1. Use Cases
                                1. Windowing Strategies
                                  1. Latency vs. Throughput Trade-offs
                                2. Data Sources
                                  1. Application Logs and Metrics
                                    1. Log Aggregation
                                      1. Monitoring Data
                                        1. System Performance Metrics
                                          1. Application Performance Monitoring
                                            1. Error and Exception Tracking
                                            2. IoT Device Data
                                              1. Sensor Data Collection
                                                1. Edge-to-Cloud Ingestion
                                                  1. Device Management
                                                    1. Protocol Considerations
                                                      1. Data Volume Challenges
                                                      2. User Activity and Clickstreams
                                                        1. Web and Mobile Analytics
                                                          1. Session Tracking
                                                            1. Behavioral Data Collection
                                                              1. Privacy Considerations
                                                                1. Real-Time Personalization
                                                                2. Relational and NoSQL Databases
                                                                  1. Change Data Capture (CDC)
                                                                    1. Database Replication
                                                                      1. Transaction Log Mining
                                                                        1. Incremental Data Extraction
                                                                          1. Schema Evolution Handling
                                                                          2. Third-Party APIs
                                                                            1. API Integration Patterns
                                                                              1. Rate Limiting and Throttling
                                                                                1. Authentication and Authorization
                                                                                  1. Error Handling and Retries
                                                                                    1. Data Format Transformation
                                                                                    2. Flat Files
                                                                                      1. CSV, TSV, and Text Files
                                                                                        1. File Transfer Protocols
                                                                                          1. File Validation and Parsing
                                                                                            1. Compression and Encoding
                                                                                              1. Large File Handling
                                                                                            2. Cloud Ingestion Services
                                                                                              1. Managed Streaming Services
                                                                                                1. AWS Kinesis Data Streams
                                                                                                  1. Features and Use Cases
                                                                                                    1. Shard Management
                                                                                                      1. Consumer Applications
                                                                                                      2. Azure Event Hubs
                                                                                                        1. Features and Use Cases
                                                                                                          1. Partition Management
                                                                                                            1. Event Processing
                                                                                                            2. GCP Pub/Sub
                                                                                                              1. Features and Use Cases
                                                                                                                1. Topic and Subscription Model
                                                                                                                  1. Message Ordering
                                                                                                                2. Managed Data Transfer Services
                                                                                                                  1. AWS DataSync
                                                                                                                    1. File Transfer Automation
                                                                                                                      1. Scheduling and Monitoring
                                                                                                                        1. Bandwidth Throttling
                                                                                                                        2. Azure Data Box
                                                                                                                          1. Physical Data Transfer
                                                                                                                            1. Device Types and Capacities
                                                                                                                              1. Security Features
                                                                                                                              2. GCP Storage Transfer Service
                                                                                                                                1. Cloud-to-Cloud and On-Premises Transfers
                                                                                                                                  1. Transfer Jobs and Scheduling
                                                                                                                                    1. Bandwidth Management
                                                                                                                                  2. Database Migration Services
                                                                                                                                    1. AWS DMS
                                                                                                                                      1. Supported Source and Target Databases
                                                                                                                                        1. Continuous Replication
                                                                                                                                          1. Schema Conversion
                                                                                                                                          2. Azure Database Migration Service
                                                                                                                                            1. Migration Scenarios
                                                                                                                                              1. Assessment Tools
                                                                                                                                                1. Offline and Online Migration
                                                                                                                                                2. GCP Database Migration Service
                                                                                                                                                  1. Supported Workloads
                                                                                                                                                    1. Migration Validation
                                                                                                                                                      1. Rollback Procedures
                                                                                                                                                  2. Common Data Formats
                                                                                                                                                    1. Row-Oriented Formats
                                                                                                                                                      1. CSV
                                                                                                                                                        1. Structure and Limitations
                                                                                                                                                          1. Delimiter Handling
                                                                                                                                                            1. Escape Characters
                                                                                                                                                            2. JSON
                                                                                                                                                              1. Structure and Use Cases
                                                                                                                                                                1. Nested Objects and Arrays
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Schema Flexibility
                                                                                                                                                                  2. XML
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Hierarchical Data Representation
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Schema Definition
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Parsing Considerations
                                                                                                                                                                      2. Columnar Formats
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Apache Parquet
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Compression and Performance
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Schema Evolution
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Predicate Pushdown
                                                                                                                                                                              2. Apache ORC
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Use Cases in Analytics
                                                                                                                                                                                  1. ACID Properties
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Vectorized Processing
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Semi-Structured Formats
                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Avro
                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Schema Evolution
                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Binary Serialization
                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Code Generation
                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Protocol Buffers
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Language-Neutral Serialization
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Schema Definition
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Backward Compatibility