Which of the following storage and retrieval methods would be well suited to your processing requirements if you only need to retrieve records one at a time and there is no fixed pattern to the requests for data and records?
Indexed sectors storage and retrieval methods would be well suited to your processing requirements if you only need to retrieve records one at a time and there is no fixed pattern to the requests for data and records.
In the indexed-sequential files method, records are physically stored in sequential order on a magnetic disk or other direct access storage device based on the key field of each record. Each file contains an index that references one or more key fields of each data record to its storage location address.
A database is an organized collection of interrelated data that serves a number of applications in an enterprise. The database stores not only the values of the attributes of various entities but also the relationships between these entities. A database is managed by a database management system (DBMS), a systems software that provides assistance in managing databases shared by many users.