Data Storage and Queries

In this course, you will learn about the raw ingredients and processes that are used to physically store data on disk and in memory. You’ll explore different storage systems, including object, block, and file storage, as well as databases, that are built on top of these raw ingredients. You’ll also get a chance to use the Cypher language to query a Neo4j graph database, and perform vector similarity search, a key feature behind generative AI and large language models. You will explore the evolution of data storage abstractions, from data warehouses, to data lakes, and data lakehouses, while co…