Difference between File

System and DBMS

 File System Vs DBMS
 File Management System (FMS) is a Data Management
System that allows access to single files or tables at a time.
FMS’s accommodate flat files that have no relation to other
files. The FMS was the predecessor for the Database
Management System (DBMS), which allows access to
multiple files or tables at a time.

 A Database Management System (DMS) is a combination of

computer software, hardware, and information designed to
electronically manipulate data via computer processing.

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 Disadvantages of File Processing System

• Duplicate Data – As all files are independent of each other, so, duplicate
data may be present in more than one files.

• Inconsistency – Inconsistency means different copies of same data that are

not matching. Data may be inconsistent in file processing system.

• Poor Data Integrity – Data integrity refers to the overall completeness,

accuracy and consistency of data. But in Processing system, Poor data
integrity often develops.

• Data is isolated and separated – Data are separated in various files. So, if
it is needed to extract data from 2 different files, it will be require to
determine which parts of each of the files are needed and how files are
related to one another.
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 Disadvantages of File Processing System

• Application Programs are dependent on file formats – In processing

suystem, the physical formats of file are entered in application program that
process the files. Change in the file format result in program updates and a
change which is time consuming and error prone.

• Poor Data Security- Data is stored in different files causing the security
problems

• Difficult to represent complex object – Some data objects may be of

variable length which might produce difficulty in representation in file

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