Re:Ask HN: Books about Amazon Redshift
by _thph on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @02:41AM
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That list of books is interesting - I'd not heard of most of them before.
Note I'm pretty sure about half of them are admin-type guides, not developer guides; they'll be superficial, and do things like walking you through the screens to start a cluster.
One note : in my view, the official docs are harmful, because they are so poorly written, and so are misleading. I am absolutely certain, from what I have seen documented and then what I have found Redshift is actually doing, that no one technical reviews the official docs. By all means read them, but have your paranoia turned up to 11.
I maintain a web-site where I research Redshift internals and publish white papers. High on the to-do list is a "Introduction to the Fundamentals" paper, which will be exactly what you need. In the meantime, the existing white papers may be of use to you.
Note I'm pretty sure about half of them are admin-type guides, not developer guides; they'll be superficial, and do things like walking you through the screens to start a cluster.
One note : in my view, the official docs are harmful, because they are so poorly written, and so are misleading. I am absolutely certain, from what I have seen documented and then what I have found Redshift is actually doing, that no one technical reviews the official docs. By all means read them, but have your paranoia turned up to 11.
I maintain a web-site where I research Redshift internals and publish white papers. High on the to-do list is a "Introduction to the Fundamentals" paper, which will be exactly what you need. In the meantime, the existing white papers may be of use to you.
https://www.amazonredshiftresearchproject.org