1. A computer-implemented method for normalizing a database as part of a database restore, comprising: receiving a database restore request to restore the database to a previous state specified in the database restore request; and responsive to receiving the database restore request, and by operation of one or more computer processors: restoring the database to the previous state using backup data associated with the previous state of the database specified in the database restore request; and normalizing the restored database to optimize subsequent database operations, based on historical database usage data describing how the database is used and collected based on one or more previous database operations.