DBMS的优点和缺点

1.6  Advantages and Disadvantages of DBMSs （数据库的优点和缺点）

The database management system has promising potential advantages. （数据库管理系统具有广阔的潜在优势。）

promising /pr'ɔmisiŋ/ adj. someone or something that is promising seems likely to be very good or successful.

具有promising性质的人或者物似乎可能是非常好的或者成功的。

A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.

Unfortunately, there are also disadvantages. （不幸，也存在缺点。）

In this section, we examine these advantages and disadvantages. (在这一节，我们学习这些优点和缺点)

Advantages (优点)

The advantages of database management systems are listed in Table 1.2 . (图1.2列出了数据库管理系统的优点和缺点。)

 TABLE 1.2   Advantages of DBMSs

Control of data redundancy 控制数据冗余	Economy of scale 经济规模
Data consistency 数据的一致性	Balance of conflicting requirement 相与冲突的需要平衡
More information from the same amount of data 同样数量的数量有更多的信息量	Improved data accessibility and responsiveness 改进数据访问和响应
sharing of data 数据共享	Increased productivity 提高生产率
Improved data integrity 数据完整性提高了
Improved security 安全性提高	Improved maintenance through data independence 通过数据独立性改善维护
Enforcement of standards 执行标准	Increased concurrency 增加并发
	Improved backup and recovery services 改进了备份和恢复服务

 

Control of data redundancy  (控制数据冗余)

As we discussed in Section 1.2, traditional file-based systems waste space by storing the same information in more than one file

(正如在1.2节讨论的，传统的基于文件系统浪费空间， 用于多于一个文件储存相同的信息。 )

For example, in Figure 1.5, we stored similar data for properties for rent and clients in both the Sales and Contracts Departments.

(例如， 在图1.5中，