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Large-Scale Storage/Retrieval

Course: DS4300 · Instructor: Fontenot, Mark · Term: Spring 2025
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Online:3.2-1.20|Course:3.6-0.80|Learning:3.7-0.60|Instructor:3.7-0.80|Effectiveness:3.4-1.00
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Course Description

Introduces data and information storage approaches for structured and unstructured data. Covers how to build large-scale information storage structures using distributed storage facilities. Explores data quality assurance, storage reliability, and challenges of working with very large data volumes. Studies how to model multidimensional data. Implements distributed databases. Considers multitier storage design, storage area networks, and distributed data stores. Applies algorithms, including graph traversal, hashing, and sorting, to complex data storage systems. Considers complexity theory and hardness of large-scale data storage and retrieval. Requires use of nonrelational, document, key-column, key-value, and graph databases and programming in R, Python, and C++.

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