Ans: The difference between the database system and file system are as follows:
| Sl no. | Database management system | File management system |
| 1. | A DBMS is a collection of data. It does not require users to write procedures. | A file system is a collection of data. In this, users need to write procedures. |
| 2. | It is system software that creates and manages databases. | It is software that manages data files in a computer system. |
| 3. | In DBMS, data is present in an abstract view. So only required data for a user can be seen and other data are hidden. | It provides details of data representation and storage of data. |
| 4. | The DBMS provides a crash recovery mechanism i.e. it protects the user from system failure. | It does not have a crash recovery mechanism. That is, if the system crashes while storing some data, the data of the file will be lost. |
| 5. | In DBMS, SQL query is used which makes the process of update, select, and searching for data easier. | In this, the file system process of store, search, retrieve, etc. are done manually so it is difficult to manage the data in it. |
| 6. | This provides high data consistency. It uses normalization for this. | Have data inconsistency in this. |
| 7. | Data is more secure. | Data is less secure. |
| 8. | The duplication of data is very less in DBMS.so it has very little data redundancy. | Very high data redundancy. |
| 9. | Difficult process of recovery and backup in this | Recovery and backup process is Easy. |
| 10. | Multiple users can access it at the same time. | Suitable for a single user. |
| 11. | Examples: – MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, DB2 etc. | example: – NTFS, Ext etc. |