Database Engine Internals and Implementation

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TRACK

Storage engine structure, transaction machinery, query internals, and engine-level implementation choices.

47 lessons

LESSONS

1. 001
   Data Models for Transactional and Analytical Systems

   30 min

   [TODO]
2. 002
   Storage Engine Foundations: Pages, Records, and Layout

   30 min

   [TODO]
3. 003
   B-Tree Index Internals and Access Paths

   30 min

   [TODO]
4. 004
   LSM Trees, SSTables, and Compaction Trade-offs

   30 min

   [TODO]
5. 005
   Write-Ahead Logging and Crash Recovery Mechanics

   30 min

   [TODO]
6. 006
   Query Execution Pipelines and Operator Costs

   30 min

   [TODO]
7. 007
   Buffer Pools, Caching, and I/O Scheduling

   30 min

   [TODO]
8. 008
   DBMS Architecture and Storage Hierarchy

   30 min

   [TODO]
9. 009
   Page Layouts and Slotted Pages

   30 min

   [TODO]
10. 010
    Record Formats and Variable-Length Columns

    30 min

    [TODO]
11. 011
    Buffer Pool Internals and Replacement Policies

    30 min

    [TODO]
12. 012
    Write Path Fundamentals and Append-Only Logging

    30 min

    [TODO]
13. 013
    File Organization: Heap, Sorted, and Hash

    30 min

    [TODO]
14. 014
    B-Tree Node Structure and Search Path

    30 min

    [TODO]
15. 015
    B-Tree Insert, Split, and Merge Maintenance

    30 min

    [TODO]
16. 016
    LSM Trees: Memtables, SSTables, and Flush

    30 min

    [TODO]
17. 017
    LSM Compaction Strategies and Amplification

    30 min

    [TODO]
18. 018
    Bloom Filters, Fence Pointers, and Read Avoidance

    30 min

    [TODO]
19. 019
    Compression and Encoding in Storage Engines

    30 min

    [TODO]
20. 020
    Checkpointing and Dirty Page Control

    30 min

    [TODO]
21. 021
    Crash Recovery Walkthrough: Analysis, Redo, Undo

    30 min

    [TODO]
22. 022
    fsync, Group Commit, and Durable Latency

    30 min

    [TODO]
23. 023
    Monthly Capstone: Design a Minimal Storage Engine CAPSTONE

    30 min

    [TODO]
24. 024
    Transaction Model and ACID in Practice

    30 min

    [TODO]
25. 025
    Isolation Anomalies and Serialization Graphs

    30 min

    [TODO]
26. 026
    Strict 2PL and Lock Manager Internals

    30 min

    [TODO]
27. 027
    Deadlock Detection, Timeout, and Avoidance

    30 min

    [TODO]
28. 028
    MVCC Snapshots and Visibility Rules

    30 min

    [TODO]
29. 029
    Timestamp Ordering and Optimistic Concurrency

    30 min

    [TODO]
30. 030
    WAL Internals: LSN, pageLSN, and Flush Ordering

    30 min

    [TODO]
31. 031
    Recovery Correctness and Idempotent Redo

    30 min

    [TODO]
32. 032
    Secondary Indexes and Covering Strategies

    30 min

    [TODO]
33. 033
    Composite Index Ordering and Selectivity

    30 min

    [TODO]
34. 034
    Cost-Based Query Planning Internals

    30 min

    [TODO]
35. 035
    Statistics, Histograms, and Cardinality Errors

    30 min

    [TODO]
36. 036
    Vacuum and Garbage Collection of Old Versions

    30 min

    [TODO]
37. 037
    Hot/Cold Data Tiering and Working Set Control

    30 min

    [TODO]
38. 038
    Online Schema Migrations and DDL Safety

    30 min

    [TODO]
39. 039
    Monthly Capstone: Pick Engine, Indexes, and Isolation FINAL CAPSTONE

    30 min

    [TODO]
40. 040
    Distributed Query Routing and Shard Targeting

    30 min

    [TODO]
41. 041
    Parallel Query Execution and Exchange Operators

    30 min

    [TODO]
42. 042
    Join Algorithms in Distributed Engines

    30 min

    [TODO]
43. 043
    Vectorized Execution and CPU Cache Efficiency

    30 min

    [TODO]
44. 044
    Admission Control and Workload Governance

    30 min

    [TODO]
45. 045
    Multi-Tenant Isolation in Shared Clusters

    30 min

    [TODO]
46. 046
    Online Reindexing and Maintenance at Scale

    30 min

    [TODO]
47. 047
    Monthly Capstone: Primary Region Outage Runbook FINAL CAPSTONE

    30 min

    [TODO]

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