Database - Advantages & Disadvantages

Database - Advantages & Disadvantages



Advantages

• reduced data redundancy
• reduced updating errors and increased consistency
• greater data integrity and independence from applications programs
• improved data access to users through use of host and query languages
• improved data security
• reduced data entry, storage, and retrieval costs
• facilitated development of new applications program

Disadvantages

• database systems are complex, difficult, and time-consuming to design
• substantial hardware and software start-up costs
• damage to database affects virtually all applications programs
• extensive conversion costs in moving form a file-based system to a database system
• initial training required for all programmers and users

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