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Using DWS

DWS is an online data processing database that uses the Huawei Cloud infrastructure to provide scalable, fully managed, and out-of-the-box analytic database service, freeing you from complex database management and monitoring. It is a native cloud service based on the Huawei converged data warehouse GaussDB, and is fully compatible with the standard ANSI/ISO SQL-92, SQL-99 and SQL:2003, as well as the PostgreSQL, Oracle, Teradata, and MySQL ecosystems. DWS provides competitive solutions for PB-level big data analysis in various industries.

DWS provides an easy-to-use management console, allowing you to quickly create clusters and easily manage data warehouses.

Procedure Description

Figure 1 Procedure for using DWS
Table 1 Procedure description

Process

Task

Description

Operation Instruction

Make preparations.

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Before using DWS, you need to apply for a Cloud account.

Preparations

Create a cluster.

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Create a cluster before using DWS to execute data analysis tasks. A DWS cluster contains nodes in the same subnet. These nodes jointly provide services. During cluster creation, the system creates a default database.

Connect to the cluster.

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After the DWS cluster is created, use the SQL client tool or a third-party driver such as JDBC or ODBC to connect to the database in the cluster. You can download the SQL client tool and JDBC/ODBC driver on the Client Connections page of the DWS console.

Connecting to a DWS Cluster

Access the database.

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After connecting to the cluster, you can create and manage databases, manage users and permissions, import and export data, and query and analyze data.

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Manage and monitor the cluster.

Cluster management

View the cluster status, modify cluster configurations, add cluster tags, and scale out, restart, and delete the cluster.

DWS Cluster Management

Snapshot management

Create snapshots to back up and restore the cluster.

Backing Up and Restoring a DWS Cluster

O&M and monitoring

View the running status and performance of the cluster through cluster monitoring, log auditing, event notification, and alarm management.

Scaling and specification change
  • Expand the capacity of an existing cluster on the console if your service requires additional compute or storage resources.
  • Change the specifications of created clusters on the console.

Cluster upgrade

Cluster 8.1.1 and later versions allow users to deliver cluster upgrade operations on the console.

Upgrading a DWS Cluster

Resource load management

DWS provides the resource management function. You can put resources (CPU, memory, I/O, and storage space) into different resource pools, which are isolated from each other.

DWS Resource Load Management