Benefits of Databases

Benefits of Databases 🔗

Why use computerized Databases? 🔗

Because it makes it easier to:

• sort data
• search and find data
• add, edit or delete data
• store large data sets efficiently
• access data at the same time by multiple users
• import and export data from and to other applications

If there are advantages, then there are also disadvantages, and to get a complete picture of the database situation, let us contrast them.

Advantages of Databases: 🔗

• Data Sharing
• Data Security
• Data Abstraction
• Concurrent Access
• Easy Data Manipulation
• Support Multi-User Views
• Data Redundancy Controlling
• Data Inconsistency Minimizing

Disadvantages of Databases: 🔗

• Cost of Software
• Cost of Hardware
• Cost of Staff Training
• Cost of Data Conversion
• Complexity of High Availability
• Complexity of Backup & Restore