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Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an AWS RDS Database Instance

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 Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Instead of managing servers, patching OS, and handling backups manually, AWS RDS takes care of the heavy lifting so you can focus on building applications and data pipelines. In this blog, we’ll walk through how to create an AWS RDS instance , key configuration choices, and best practices you should follow in real-world projects. What is AWS RDS? AWS RDS is a managed database service that supports popular relational engines such as: Amazon Aurora (MySQL / PostgreSQL compatible) MySQL PostgreSQL MariaDB Oracle SQL Server With RDS, AWS manages: Database provisioning Automated backups Software patching High availability (Multi-AZ) Monitoring and scaling Prerequisites Before creating an RDS instance, make sure you have: An active AWS account Proper IAM permissions (RDS, EC2, VPC) A basic understanding of: ...
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5 Essential IT Skills for Data Engineers

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Data engineers need the following skills. These skills help you get nice job in any analytics company. Photo Credit: Srini Five Top Skills Need Skill-1 Experience working with big data tools such as MapReduce, Pig, Spark, Kafka and NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase, etc. Skill-2 Expertise in multi-structured data modeling, reporting on NoSQL & structured database technologies such as HBase and Cassandra, SQL. Skill-3 Experience with languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, Scala, R etc. Skill-4 Strong data & visual presentation skills and ability to explain insights using tools like tableau, D3 charts or other tools. Skill-5 Basic knowledge and experience of statistical analysis tools such as R.
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Human Intelligence Vs Artificial Intelligence

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What is artificial intelligence Key differences of Human and Artificial  Intelligence Human Intelligence: A leading researcher in human intelligence, suggests ``as a heuristic hypothesis'' that all normal humans have the same intellectual mechanisms and that differences in intelligence are related to ``quantitative biochemical and physiological conditions''. I see them as speed, short term memory, and the ability to form accurate and retrievable long term memories. Artificial Intelligence: Computer programs have plenty of speed and memory but their abilities correspond to the intellectual mechanisms that program designers understand well enough to put in programs. Some abilities that children normally don't develop till they are teenagers may be in, and some abilities possessed by two year olds are still out. The matter is further complicated by the fact that the cognitive sciences still have not succeeded in determining exactly what the human abilitie...
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