Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.31RQ
Program Plan Intro

Distributed Database:

  • A database that can store and process the data in one or more system is called as distributed database.
  • Distributed database can be available either partitioned and in a replicated manner.

Replicated database:

Replicated database is where multiple copies of the database are stored at different locations.

Partitioned database:

A Partitioned database is where individual chunks of the database contents are stored on different computers.

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