Engineering Data

Data about Data

Audit Trail

Maintain history about how this particular data set is being manipulated.

Answer CRUD questions.

• When was it created?
• When was it updated?
• When was it deleted?

Production and Staging

• Would you ever need to "test" your data model somewhere?
• How would you build a staging environment?

Data about Data

• How many are created/updated/deleted over a certain time period?

Monitoring/Alerts

• How big is your data?
• At what rate is your data growing?
• What are your backup plans?