It best practices
- 1. Tech ABC Corp IT Department Best Practices Guide Database Architecture Security: All database security at Tech ABC Corp is based at the user level. Each employee in the company has a domain authenticated username that they will use to access any database they have been authorized access to. To restrict access to: â Databaseâ: do not grant user access to the database. â Specific data in a databaseâ: grant user access to all tables in the database, then revoke access to any tables holding restricted data. Backups: All database backup schedules should be set based on priority (Standard, Archived, Critical): â Standardâ: Backup schedule is a full backup 1x per week. â Archiveâ: Backup schedule is a full backup 1x per month. â Criticalâ: Backup schedule is full backup 1x per week, incremental backup daily. Storage: All databases are given a standard partition of 1 GB by the server group. Ask users about the expected growth of data. Databases larger than or expected to exceed 10K rows of data in the next year should ask for a large partition space. Databases are stored on spinning disk by default. In-memory storage is available, but only for data that requires higher level computations (advanced analytics, machine learning applications). Data Ingestion: Direct Feedsâ: If setting up a direct feed from another database, please ensure a functional username is created by IT security. This will ensure an expiring username does not cause a data flow error. APIâ: If working with API, please submit the API address and information to IT security for evaluation before proceeding. ETLâ: ETL is the current best practice for working with flat files. If the flat file will be regularly updated, an automated ETL process can be set up.