Thursday, February 6, 2014

3.Advantages and disadvantages of DBMS


Elements
Ø  Kernel Code:
            àPart of system OS, keeps the system up and running from the time of booting, till shutdown.
            àIt is responsible for allocating resources ,Memory management, Storage .
Ø  Repository of metadata:
            àdata dictionary(meta data  about the database)
            àFor ex. Creating a new table ,that meta data(ie. Columnnames, Length , Attributes) stored in data dictionary.
Ø  Query Language: Access the data.
Ø  Database Applications: Access and Manipulate data

Advantages of DBMS
Ø  Control of data Redundancy
Ø  Integrity – data is accurate  using constraints
Ø  Data Consistency – Correct information
Ø  Data Sharing
Ø  Standards can be enforced
Ø  Restricting Un authorized access
Ø  Backup  and Recovery
Ø  Concurrency control
Dis Advantages of DBMS
Ø  Complexity
Ø  Size
Ø  Cost of DBMS

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