Advantages and Disadvantages Of DBMS

Database systems are very much beneficent to enterprises and businesses, some of the advantages and disadvantages are listed below: 

Advantage of DBMS:-

Ø  Control of data redundancy

Ø  Data consistency

Ø  More information from the same amount of data

Ø  Sharing of data

Ø  Improved data integrity (constraints)

Ø  Improved security (authentication, rights)

Ø  Improved data accessibility and responsiveness (ad hoc queries)

Ø  Increased productivity (developer)

Ø  Improved maintenance through data independence

Ø  Increased concurrency

Ø  Improved backup and recovery services

Disadvantage of DBMS:-

Ø  System Complexity

Ø  Size (disk space for DBMS)

Ø  High Cost of DBMS

Ø  Additional hardware costs

Ø  Performance

Ø  Higher impact of a failure