| Official Link: | https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-database-engineer | |
| Length: | 2 hours in GA | |
| Questions: | ~50 (not a fixed number, but typically around 50+ questions) | |
| Registration fee: | $200 (plus tax where applicable). There is also a discount for those from countries with lower purchasing power parity. | |
| Exam format: | Multiple choice and multiple select, taken in person at a test center. | |
| Recommended experience: | 5+ years of overall database and IT experience, including 2 years of hands-on experience working with Google Cloud database solutions. | |
| Official Practice Test: | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe55cAg8a3NzgV_QCJ2_F75NAyE44Z-XuVB6oPJXaWnI5UBIQ/viewform | |
| Exam guide: | https://cloud.google.com/certification/guides/cloud-database-engineer |
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/09 | GCP PDBE Prep Notes | Ammett Williams |
| 2022/06 | Get Certified: Google Cloud – PCDbE | Denys van Kempen |
| 2022/06 | Notes from my PCDbE beta certification exam | Sathish VJ |
| 2022/04 | Professional Cloud Database Engineer (Japanese) | Takuho Nakano |
| 2022/05 | My Review of the GCP PCDbE BETA Exam | Antoni Tzavelas |
| 2022/05 | Google Database Engineer Beta Exam Thoughts | Alistair Grew |
| Site | Title/Link | Author |
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| Google Cloud | Database Modernization | |
| Google Cloud | Database Migration | |
| Google Cloud | Which Database should I use | |
| Google Cloud | About replication in Cloud SQL | |
| Google Cloud | About high availability | |
| Google Cloud | About Cloud SQL backups | |
| Google Cloud | About restoring an instance | |
| Google Cloud | Troubleshoot | |
| Google Cloud | Best practices for importing and exporting data | |
| Google Cloud | Identify idle Cloud SQL instances | |
| Google Cloud | Reduce overprovisioned Cloud SQL instances | |
| Google Cloud | Whitepaper - Migrating your databases to managed services on Google Cloud |
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| Cloud Skills Boost | Enterprise Database Migration | |
| Cloud Skills Boost | Migrate MySQL data to Cloud SQL using Database Migration Service | |
| Cloud Skills Boost | Manage PostgreSQL Databases on Cloud SQL |