ASSIGNMENT 3

BUSINESS
SCHOOL

Name: M. Ahmed ILyas

Reg.no: L1F17BBAM0070
MIS Section: A1
Submitted To: SHEHZAD ANWAR
 Distributed Database

A distributed database is a database in which portions of the database are stored on multiple
computers within a network.

It may be stored in multiple computers located in the same physical location (e.g. a data centre);
or maybe dispersed over a network of interconnected computers. Unlike parallel systems, in
which the processors are tightly coupled and constitute a single database system, a distributed
database system consists of loosely coupled sites that share no physical components.
System administrators can distribute collections of data across multiple physical locations.A
distributed database can comprise on organized network servers or decentralized independent
computers on the Internet, on corporate intranets or extranets, or on other organization networks.
Because distributed databases store data across multiple computers, distributed databases may
improve performance at end-user worksites by allowing transactions to be processed on many
machines, instead of being limited to one.

Advantages:
1. Reliability: If one of the sites crashes, the system will keep running with the other
sites.
2. Speed: It is faster because the information is distribute and not packed as a whole.
3. Open system: The system could connect to other networks to make it bigger and
accessible everywhere.
Disadvantages:

1. Networking: If there is a problem with the network, then problems may arise from
usingthe database.
2. Maintenance Cost: Proper hardware and software, the database needs proper hardware
and software to runproperly, this is expensive to get.
3. Troubleshooting: There might be connection error that could affect the use of the
databaseby other users.