Skip to main content

Difference between File System and DBMS

Here you will learn about difference between File System and DBMS in tabular form.

File Management System, better known as File System is the most ancient and still the most popular way to keep your data files organised on your drives.

On the other hand, when it comes to security and appropriate management of data based on constraints and other stuff that we are going to talk about, the first choice of many experts, is Database Management System (DBMS).

So what are they? What are the parameters to decide the best one for your need? Let’s come to these aspects now.

File Systems is the traditional way to keep your data organised in a way which is easy for physical access, whether it’s on your shelf or on the drives.

Earlier people used to keep records and maintain data in registers and any alteration/retrieval to this data was difficult. When computers came, same agenda was followed for storing the data on drives.

File System actually stores data in the form of isolated files which have their own set of property table and physical location on the drive and user manually goes to these locations to access the files.

It is an easy way to store data in general files like images, text, videos, audios etc., but security is less because only options available to these files are the options given by the operating system such as locks, hidden files and sharing. These files are hard to maintain when it comes to frequent changes to these files.

Data redundancy is more and can’t be controlled easily. Data integration is hard to achieve and also data consistency is not met.

Database Management System, abbreviated as DBMS, is an effective way to store the data when constraints are high and data maintenance and security are the primary concern of the user.

DBMS stores data in the form of interrelated tables and files. These are generally consist of database management system providers that are used to store and manipulate databases, hardware where the data is physically stored and an user friendly software developed to met specific purpose in certain situations, using which user can easily access database without worrying about the underlying schema of the database.

Database Management System is great way to manage data as, the data redundancy is minimized due to interrelation of data entities and also provide a procedure for data integration due to centralisation of data in the database. Security of data is also maximized using password protection, encryption/decryption, granting authorized access and others.

File System vs DBMS – Difference between File System and DBMS

File Management System Database Management System
File System is a general, easy-to-use system to store general files which require less security and constraints. Database management system is used when security constraints are high.
Data Redundancy is more in file management system. Data Redundancy is less in database management system.
Data Inconsistency is more in file system. Data Inconsistency is less in database management system.
Centralisation is hard to get when it comes to File Management System. Centralisation is achieved in Database Management System.
User locates the physical address of the files to access data in File Management System. In Database Management System, user is unaware of physical address where data is stored.
Security is low in File Management System. Security is high in Database Management System.
File Management System stores unstructured data as isolated data files/entities. Database Management System stores structured data which have well defined constraints and interrelation.

These are the criteria which should taken into account when choosing a system to manage your data.

Comment below if you have queries related to difference between File System and DBMS.

The post Difference between File System and DBMS appeared first on The Crazy Programmer.



from The Crazy Programmer https://www.thecrazyprogrammer.com/2018/04/difference-between-file-system-and-dbms.html
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rail Fence Cipher Program in C and C++[Encryption & Decryption]

Here you will get rail fence cipher program in C and C++ for encryption and decryption. It is a kind of transposition cipher which is also known as zigzag cipher. Below is an example. Here Key = 3. For encryption we write the message diagonally in zigzag form in a matrix having total rows = key and total columns = message length. Then read the matrix row wise horizontally to get encrypted message. Rail Fence Cipher Program in C #include<stdio.h> #include<string.h> void encryptMsg(char msg[], int key){ int msgLen = strlen(msg), i, j, k = -1, row = 0, col = 0; char railMatrix[key][msgLen]; for(i = 0; i < key; ++i) for(j = 0; j < msgLen; ++j) railMatrix[i][j] = '\n'; for(i = 0; i < msgLen; ++i){ railMatrix[row][col++] = msg[i]; if(row == 0 || row == key-1) k= k * (-1); row = row + k; } printf("\nEncrypted Message: "); for(i = 0; i < key; ++i) f...
3 comments
Read more

Data Encryption Standard (DES) Algorithm

Data Encryption Standard is a symmetric-key algorithm for the encrypting the data. It comes under block cipher algorithm which follows Feistel structure. Here is the block diagram of Data Encryption Standard. Fig1: DES Algorithm Block Diagram [Image Source: Cryptography and Network Security Principles and Practices 4 th Ed by William Stallings] Explanation for above diagram: Each character of plain text converted into binary format. Every time we take 64 bits from that and give as input to DES algorithm, then it processed through 16 rounds and then converted to cipher text. Initial Permutation: 64 bit plain text goes under initial permutation and then given to round 1. Since initial permutation step receiving 64 bits, it contains an 1×64 matrix which contains numbers from 1 to 64 but in shuffled order. After that, we arrange our original 64 bit text in the order mentioned in that matrix. [You can see the matrix in below code] After initial permutation, 64 bit text passed throug...
Post a Comment
Read more

Accessibility Insights for the Web and Windows makes accessibility even easier

I recently stumbled upon https://accessibilityinsights.io . There's both a Chrome/ Edge extension and a Windows app, both designed to make it easier to find and fix accessibility issues in your websites and apps. The GitHub for the Accessibility Insights extension for the web is at https://github.com/Microsoft/accessibility-insights-web and they have three trains you can get on: Canary (released continuously) Insider (on feature completion) Production (after validation in Insider) It builds on top of the Deque Axe core engine with a really fresh UI. The "FastPass" found these issues with my podcast site in seconds - which kind of makes me feel bad, but at least I know what's wrong! However, the most impressive visualization in my opinion was the Tab Stop test! See below how it draws clear numbered line segments as you Tab from element. This is a brilliant way to understand exactly how someone without a mouse would move through your site. I can easily s...
1 comment
Read more