System Design Curriculum

Track 4: Database Design

Master SQL vs NoSQL selections, indexing configurations, sharding, and ACID transaction boundaries.

Syllabus Modules

Syllabus modules coming soon.

Planned Practice Projects

Projects mapping coming soon.

Learning Outcomes

  • Select optimal data stores matching write-heavy vs read-heavy patterns
  • Design database shards schemas preventing key hot-spot partitions
  • Tune indexes structures minimizing lookup page scans

Interview Defense

  • Explain read-replication lag compromises inside distributed query models
  • Compare transactional locking constraints in relational engines vs document models