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Advantage/Disadvantage



Advantages of referring a dbms over a data file are:
  • Better storage
  • Security
  • Consistency vs. persistent
  • Better control
  • Easy sharing of data
  • Concurrency (simultaneous access)

Disadvantages of file-processing systems are:
  • Data redundancy and inconsistency
  • Difficult in accessing data
  • Data isolation
  • Integrity problem
  • Atomicity problem
  • Concurrent-access anomalies
  • Security problems 

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