# Relational Databases

### What to expect from this training
You will have an understanding of what relational databases are, their advantages, and some MySQL specific concepts.

### What is not covered under this course
*   In depth implementation details

*   Advanced topics like normalization, sharding

*   Specific tools for administration

### Introduction
The main purpose of database systems is to manage data. This includes storage, adding new data, deleting unused data, updating existing data, retrieving data within a reasonable response time, other maintenance tasks to keep the system running etc.

### Prerequisites
*   Complete [Linux course](/linux_basics/intro/)
*   Install Docker (for lab section)

### Pre-reads
[RDBMS Concepts](https://beginnersbook.com/2015/04/rdbms-concepts/)