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Centralized Database and Distributed Database

Centralized databases store all data on a single server or site, making administration and ensuring data integrity easier but limiting scalability. Distributed databases spread data across multiple servers or sites, providing better scalability and performance but making administration, data integrity, and backup/recovery more complex.

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Centralized Database and Distributed Database

Centralized databases store all data on a single server or site, making administration and ensuring data integrity easier but limiting scalability. Distributed databases spread data across multiple servers or sites, providing better scalability and performance but making administration, data integrity, and backup/recovery more complex.

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Centralized Database and Distributed Database are two

different approaches to organizing and managing databases.


Here's a distinction between them:

Centralized Database:

A centralized database is a single, unified database system


located at a single site or server. All data storage,
management, and processing occur at this central location.
Here are its characteristics:

Location: All data resides on a single server or site.


Control: Administration, management, and security are
centralized, making it easier to control data.
Access: Users from different locations access the database
remotely over a network.
Data Integrity: Easier to maintain data consistency and
integrity since changes are managed centrally.
Scalability: Scaling can be challenging as all operations occur
on the central server.
Performance: Performance might degrade as the database
grows due to the limitations of a single server.
Data Redundancy: Less redundancy as data is stored in one
place.
Cost: Lower infrastructure and maintenance costs compared to
distributed databases for small-scale systems.
Backup and Recovery: Backup and recovery are centralized,
simplifying the process.
Distributed Database:
A distributed database spreads data across multiple servers or
sites. It's designed to handle data fragmentation and
replication, providing more flexibility. Here are its
characteristics:

Location: Data is distributed across multiple servers or sites,


often geographically dispersed.
Control: Administration and management might be more
complex due to multiple locations.
Access: Users from different locations can access local data
directly, reducing network traffic.
Data Integrity: Ensuring data consistency across distributed
nodes can be more challenging.
Scalability: Can scale more easily by adding new nodes as
data and user load increase.
Performance: Performance can be better as data is
distributed, reducing load on individual servers.
Data Redundancy: Data can be replicated to ensure
availability and fault tolerance.
Cost: Higher infrastructure and maintenance costs due to
multiple servers and potential replication.
Backup and Recovery: Backup and recovery need to be
managed across multiple locations.

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