In this article, you’ll learn about the difference between DBMS and File Systems.
Difference between DBMS and File system are
| DBMS | File System |
|---|---|
| DBMS is a collection of data. In DBMS, the user is not required to write the procedures. | File system is a collection of data. In this system, the user has to write the procedures for managing the database. |
| DBMS gives an abstract view of data that hides the details. | File system provides the detail of the data representation and storage of data. |
| DBMS provides a crash recovery mechanism, i.e., DBMS protects the user from the system failure. | File system doesn’t have a crash mechanism, i.e., if the system crashes while entering some data, then the content of the file will lost. |
| DBMS provides a good protection mechanism. | It is very difficult to protect a file under the file system. |
| DBMS contains a wide variety of sophisticated techniques to store and retrieve the data. | File system can’t efficiently store and retrieve the data. |
| DBMS takes care of Concurrent access of data using some form of locking. | In the File system, concurrent access has many problems like redirecting the file while other deleting some information or updating some information. |
