August 26, 2021

Centralized DBMSs Architecture Architectures for DBMSs have followed trends similar to those for general computer system architectures. Earlier architectures used mainframe computers to provide the main processing for all system functions, including user application programs and user interface programs, as well as all the DBMS functionality. The reason was that most users accessed such systems

A DBMS is a complex software system. In this section we discuss the types of software components that constitute a DBMS and the types of computer database system software with which the DBMS interacts. DBMS Component Modules Figure illustrates, in a simplified form, the typical DBMS components. The figure is divided into two parts. The