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Professional Cloud Database Engineer
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Recovery Time Objective

Professional Cloud Database Engineer

Design, migrate, and run scalable, highly available databases on Google Cloud across relational and NoSQL services, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Database Engineer exam.

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Recovery Time Objective

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Also called: RTO

The maximum acceptable duration a database can be down or unavailable before business operations suffer unacceptable disruption or loss.

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9 objectives in 4 of 4 domains

Domain 1
Design innovative, scalable, and highly available cloud database solutions
~32% of exam
1. 1.2Evaluate database high availability and disaster recovery options given the requirements
  - Evaluate tradeoffs between multi-regional, regional, and zonal database deployment strategies
2. 1.4Evaluate appropriate database solutions on Google Cloud
  - Understand implications of organizational policies on database strategy
Domain 2
Manage a solution that can span multiple database technologies
~25% of exam
1. 2.3Design database backup and recovery solutions
  - Given requirements, recommend backup and recovery options (automatic scheduled backups)
  - Design for RTO, RPO, and PITR
2. 2.4Optimize database cost and performance in Google Cloud
  - Define replication strategies
Domain 3
Migrate data solutions
~23% of exam
1. 3.1Design and implement data migration and replication
  - Determine the correct database migration tools for a given scenario (e.g., databases hosted outside of Google Cloud)
Domain 4
Deploy scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud
~20% of exam
1. 4.1Apply concepts to implement scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud.

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Last updated October 19, 2026

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