Tidb certification guide PCTA Pctp

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I hope all of you are studying for knowledge , Instead of doing research to get evidence

background

Written in pass PCTA PCTP After certification .
With the development of the times , The traditional database has been difficult to meet the business requirements for multi-dimensional scenarios ,
So many domestic databases have been derived , At present, the most widely used should be TiDB,TiDB Currently in China
More and more manufacturers are used , Many big factories have started to connect to TiDB To use the , Plus TiDB An active community ,
TiDB Always on the way to better and better , So for us DBA Come on , Mastering more than one technology is also a craft
It is the solution to the problem .
at present TiDB There are two main certifications ：
PCTA:TiDB Database specialist
PCTP:TiDB Database experts （ The certificate looks like this ）

There is also a new certification ：
PCAD: Certified Application Development Expert .
Next, I will share with you about TiDB These two certified examination experiences .

PCTA

PCTA At present, the government has a special training course to learn .

Course link ：PCTA Official courses
Here I suggest that you study in combination with the official exam outline ：

The outline is as above ：
a key ：
PCTA At present, they are all multiple-choice questions , There are multiple choice and single choice , Just get it right 60% that will do .
It is recommended that you be familiar with the following aspects ：
TiDB The architecture of the cluster , The function of each component
TiDB Common commands
TiDB Common commands and principles of various backup restore synchronization tools
And the advantages and disadvantages
Then there is the exam outline
The most important ：
Make sure you take notes , Otherwise, I will read it once and forget it all , There are also exercises after each class ,
It can all be printed out , Brush a few more times , Each option is wrong What's wrong can be marked out by yourself
Another point , Remember to have a look TiFlash The content of , Although the outline did not write , But many times in the test questions TIFlash Related questions .
Brush a few more times , You'll thank me .
PCTA Relative to having MySQL The database is easy to pass .

Later, I will share some of my notes on the exam ：
TiDB Architecture
TiDB Cluster management
TiDB Backup recovery
TiDB Data migration
TiDB Data replication

PCTP

PCTP It is an expert certification , Basically pass and then go back to TiDB There is a deeper understanding . For thorny
There will also be a clear solution process for the problem .
PCTP At present, there are also special courses to learn .

Course address ：PCTP Official courses
First ：
and PCTA equally , First, be familiar with the certification examination outline , Learn with problems , Only with half the effort .
PCTP The exam will be more , So don't put the screenshot , Link everyone to see .
Outline address ：PCTP examination syllabus
then ：
Or PCTA equally , Make sure you take notes , Take notes of the course ,
There are also exercises after class , Crazy to brush , Brush a few more times , Print out , Manually mark out the wrong options and wrong points ,
And the right answer , And then crazy to see , brush , understand .
And a little bit more , Is to practice , For example, some monitored addresses ,dashboard The role of , Operation of common commands
Last ：
a key : PCTP Certification examination , The main test is some principles ,
I'll focus on the following ：
The function of each component （ Detailed aspects ）
TiDB Principle of data writing and reading process
Parameters （ Super focus ）TiDB TiKV PD Parameters of , Be sure to understand the details
There are also some common problems
Different components OOM, Hot spot troubleshooting , Dealing with problem bottlenecks , Monitor how to check
dashboard How to observe
as well as TiDB scheam and table Conversion principle .
SQL Optimization, etc. .
Finally, I would like to share my own PCTP Learning notes ：（ It's not easy to write ）
PCTP Learning materials （ Personal notes ）

Last

Finally, I hope everyone can pass the certification , I hope you can really master this database technology .