DATA3404 Scalable Data Management (University of Sydney): rated 3.6/5 overall across 9 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
DATA3404 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 可扩展数据管理
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit of study provides a comprehensive overview of the internal mechanisms data science platforms and of the systems that manage large data collections. These skills are needed for successful performance tuning and to understand the scalability challenges faced by when processing Big Data.
DATA3404 has 9 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 9 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: "I did data3404. The majority of the students (72%) got a Credit grade or better, and about 40 students achieved a Distinction or even High Distinction grade. If at all that's a bit skewed to the higher marks, The median mark for this year was 71 (last year it was 68), and the be…"
On Reddit: "DATA3404 is a natural progression of DATA2001 imo and not very similar to DATA2002. It is however a very theoretical class without much application/coding. Although it said we needed to do SQL, I don't recall ever using SQL in that tutorial/ getting graded on SQL. The only codin…"
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Q: Is DATA3404 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 9 reviews: overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches DATA3404, and when is it offered?
A: DATA3404 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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