5.4.4 - Performance Optimization for DynamoDB
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Practice Questions
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What is a partition key in DynamoDB?
💡 Hint: Think about how items are retrieved in a table.
What does Auto Scaling in DynamoDB do?
💡 Hint: Consider high and low traffic scenarios.
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What action does Auto Scaling perform in DynamoDB?
💡 Hint: Think about how the database can react to increased user load.
True or False: A poorly designed partition key can lead to hotspots.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens in a traffic jam scenario.
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Challenge Problems
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You are designing a hospital patient management system using DynamoDB. Discuss how you would choose your partition keys and why, considering patient load and access patterns.
💡 Hint: Consider how records should be grouped together for efficiency.
Analyze a case where a company experiences throttling during peak hours. They are currently using parallel scans extensively. What advice would you give to improve their situation?
💡 Hint: Think about balancing load to avoid saturation.
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