DBMS- Advantages and Disadvantages.

DBMS: A software system that enables users to create and maintain the database and that provides control access to this database.

Some of the Advantages of DBMS are:

1. Control of  data redundancy.
2. Data consistency.
3. More information from the same amount of data.
4. Sharing of data.
5. Improve data integrity.
6. Improve security
7. Enforcement of standards.
8. Economy of scale.
9. Balanced conflicting requirement
10. Improved data accessibility and responsiveness.
11. Increased productivity
12. Improved maintenance through data independence.
13. Increase concurrency.
14. Improved backup and recovery services.

Disadvantages of DBMS are:

1. Complexity.
2. Size
3. Cost of DBMS
4. Additional hardware cost
5. Cost of conversion
6. Performance
7. High impact of a failure