Types of File Organizations
Various methods have been introduced to Organize files. These particular methods have advantages and disadvantages on the basis of access or selection. Thus it is all upon the programmer to decide the best-suited file Organization method according to his requirements.
Some types of File Organizations are:
- Sequential File Organization
- Heap File Organization
- Hash File Organization
- B+ Tree File Organization
- Clustered File Organization
- ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method)
We will be discussing each of the file Organizations in further sets of this article along with the differences and advantages/ disadvantages of each file Organization method.
File Organization in DBMS – Set 1
A database consists of a huge amount of data. The data is grouped within a table in RDBMS, and each table has related records. A user can see that the data is stored in the form of tables, but in actuality, this huge amount of data is stored in physical memory in the form of files.