Database Engines & ACID Properties: Overview
Module: Foundational Concepts
How Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability each prevent a specific category of data corruption
The internal mechanisms — WAL, MVCC, locking — that make ACID practical at scale
The four isolation levels and the exact anomalies each one prevents
How InnoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle differ in engine architecture
ACID vs BASE: the CAP theorem trade-off and when eventual consistency is acceptable
Deadlock detection, lock escalation, and how to avoid them in production
How Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability each prevent a specific category of data corruption
The internal mechanisms — WAL, MVCC, locking — that make ACID practical at scale
The four isolation levels and the exact anomalies each one prevents
How InnoDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle differ in engine architecture
ACID vs BASE: the CAP theorem trade-off and when eventual consistency is acceptable
Deadlock detection, lock escalation, and how to avoid them in production