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title: Best Practices
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This chapter provides best practices on using the components and features that are part of a HAWQ system.
- **[HAWQ Best Practices](../bestpractices/general_bestpractices.html)**
This topic addresses general best practices for using HAWQ.
- **[Best Practices for Operating HAWQ](../bestpractices/operating_hawq_bestpractices.html)**
This topic provides best practices for operating HAWQ, including recommendations for stopping, starting and monitoring HAWQ.
- **[Best Practices for Securing HAWQ](../bestpractices/secure_bestpractices.html)**
To secure your HAWQ deployment, review the recommendations listed in this topic.
- **[Best Practices for Managing Resources](../bestpractices/managing_resources_bestpractices.html)**
This topic describes best practices for managing resources in HAWQ.
- **[Best Practices for Managing Data](../bestpractices/managing_data_bestpractices.html)**
This topic describes best practices for creating databases, loading data, partioning data, and recovering data in HAWQ.
- **[Best Practices for Querying Data](../bestpractices/querying_data_bestpractices.html)**
To obtain the best results when querying data in HAWQ, review the best practices described in this topic.