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Course Number:
CS U630
Credit Hours:
4
Course Title:
Database Internals
Course Description:
Explores the internal workings of database management systems. Explains how database systems store data on disks. Studies how to improve query efficiency using index techniques such as B+-tree, hash indices, and multidimensional indices. Describes how queries are executed internally and how database systems perform query optimizations. Introduces concurrency control schemes implemented by locking, such as hierarchical locking and key range locking. Describes lock table structure. Discusses how database systems can perform logging and recovery to avoid loss of data in case of system crashes.
 
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Prerequisite 1:
CS U430
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Repeatable:
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