Database Server: Components, Application and Future Trends

This article discusses the components, application and future trends of database server. It explains the hardware and software components of database server, its application in business and future trends like cloud computing, real-time analytics and automated system.

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Introduction
Database server is the term which defines the back-end database system in a
traditional client-server architecture. The main tasks of this database server are analysis of
the data, manipulation and storing the data in a proper way. Apart from that the retrieve of
the important information and data can be achieved through the use of the database server.
The database server can be regarded as a computer in LAN which is dedicated to the
database storage or external database. On the basis of the requests from clients, the
database server searches on selected records and sends the information to the client
system (Holt et al.,2015). A database software helps to run the database server in a proper
way. This type of server is beneficial for the organization where large amount of data and
information are needed to be managed and processed in a daily basis.
In some cases, file servers are used instead of database server. However, for the
organizations where the client needs frequent processing of data the database server is
suitable option. The requests are presented through the SQL commands. Network Database
Server processes the database and execute the query.
Major Components of database server
The components of database server are-
 Hardware
 Software
Hardware: Hardware associated with the functioning of the server are computer, I/O
channels for transaction of the data and information and other physical devices. The
processor, in this case, is the main component that controls all the functioning of the system
(Dar & Iqra, 2016). Apart from that both primary and secondary memory of the system plays
an important role in storing the data in a proper way (Jiang, 2016). Apart from that network
connection is also important for maintaining the flow of the information from one system to
another.
Software: Software are the basic software those are essentials for running the system.
Apart from that the main software package for running the database server is the database
management software. One of popular database management software is SQL. There are
several components of the SQL server. These components are-
 Tables: Tables are used for storing data in database. Each table has unique name in
the database. The main application of the table is to represent the data stored within

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it. As for example, it can be said that a table named “employee” many hold the
information regarding the employees of the organization.
 Indexes: Index is used to make the retrieval of data in a faster way. Index allow the
data base to direct access the components without scanning the entire database.
Generally, index holds a key that is directly related to column in the table. As for
example, an index named “FirstName” will help the user to look up the information of
the employees using their firstname.
 Views: The relationship between the tables in SQL database can become
complicated as the information are stored in different table. In order to solve the
problem the database administrator has built a pre-built query (Chu et al., 2016).
Through this, the developers and the users of the system can develop their own
query. This also helps in hiding some of the complexity of the database.
 Stored Procedures: In some cases, the queries are not enough to solve the problem.
In these situations, the developers depends on the process logic or programming
language in order to perform conditional comparisons. These procedures are stored
in the database as stored procedures. Stored procedures are vendor specified. As for
example, for Microsoft SQL server, T/SQL language is used (Sai et al., 2016). On the
other hand Oracle uses PL/SQL. In both cases, the same functionalities are served
and can build the functions in order to solve the complicated situations.
 Triggers: In case, if the important events such as inserting or updating the table occur
trigger is used. Trigger is special instructions when some important event is going to
occur on table.
Application of the database server and SQL database
One of the major component of the database server is database management
software. There are various database management software available in industry like MySql,
Mircosoft SQL server. However, one of the popular database management software is SQL
(Brundha, Lakshmi & Santhanalakshmi, 2017). There are some of the components in SQL
those are necessary for the proper execution of the queries and proper handling of the
database (Park et al., 2016). These include trigger, use of stored procedures and index.
Different database management servers provide same functionality, however, the process of
handling the database may be different.
The application of the SQL server adds reliability in the system. The in the traditional
file management system, if the single component failed within the shared process, the files
would be unavailable for the sources related to that system (Islam et al.,2017). This will

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increase the operating cost for the organization (Obe & Hsu, 2017). In SQL server, if one
device is failed, another device can send requests to the server and operate in a proper way.
The application of the SQL server adds scalability in the system. As for example, the
functioning of the Windows XP Pro computer as a server can be mentioned. Through this
system 10 users at a time can simultaneously access the content (Thaker, 2016). However,
the system can run slowly if only 4 users are using it as a time (Brundha, Lakshmi &
Santhanalakshmi, 2017). With the expansion of the business it is obvious for the
organization that their data and information will be accessed by more users (Meng et al.,
2016). In that case, database server can enhance the access speed of the information. The
implementation of the database server in the organization will ensure that the business of
the organization can grow without any operational limits. Apart from that database servers
are can be updated easily.
The speciality of the database server is that the users can access the content of the
server at any time and from any system connected with the server. In some cases, the
server is connected through LAN or the server can be a remote server. In case of connected
server the client system is needed to be connected with the main server (Woźniak et al.,
2016). In case of remover server the concept of cloud architecture is used for the
transmission of the data between the users and the server (Brundha, Lakshmi &
Santhanalakshmi, 2017). The use of the remote database server helps to mitigate the
problems of maintaining the physical infrastructures (Cherry, 2015). Apart from that the
availability of the information increased as the data can be accessed through remote server
at any time. This increase user satisfaction and the availability of the data.
The use of database server helps in the data transfer for peer-to-peer
communication. This develops a secured system where the client systems trusts the content
and the information of the server system (Goodyear, 2017). The use of database server in
this context will help to create the secured connection.
Future trends of database server
The use of the database server helps to develop the feasible solution for the
managing of the data and information. The significant use of database server can be done in
cloud computing (Carter, 2018) .This can be considered as future trend of usage database
server. Apart from that database server can be used in the real time analytics where the flow
of the updated information is needed on a random basis. Apart from that the use of the
database server can be done in the field of business intelligence (Zhang & Li, 2018). The
collection of the large amount of data and the remote and flexible access of the information
can help in the decision making process for the business.

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Another future trend of using the database server is the implementation of this server
in the automated system. This will help the generation of the automated information that can
be fetched from the data server. This will increase the efficiency of the system and the
processing time of the transformation of the data will be reduced. This will resulted in an
advanced system with higher capability of managing the database.
Conclusion
The discussion is regarding the different perspective of the database server. In this
context, different components of database server has been discussed. It has been seen that
the use of database server is increasing in the different aspects of the business in the
industry. Most of the organizations are replacing the file system with the database servers.
The use of the database server will manage the data and information in the organization
effectively. Apart from that the users will get effortless searching of the data. Many database
management system vendors have developed user interface those will help to operate the
service of the database management system through the database server. It can be
concluded from the discussion that the use of the database server will help in the fluent
transformation of the information along with enhanced business ideas. The future trends of
the usage of this database server will be helpful in the decision making process and
business intelligence.

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