Now that the ERD is created, and as you are working on the logical model, you need to choose an RDBMS for the final solution. Using the method for DBMS selection, analyze 3 different DBMS products available and make a determination about which product you will recommend to management for selection. (One of the databases to analyze must be MySQL).
Using the vendors’ Web sites, determine a rating for the following features, and calculate a final score for each:
Vendor
Product Version
Desired Feature
Comments
Rating
Weight
Score
Vendor Stability
0.10
Operating System Choice and Requirements
0.05
Ease of Use/Training Requirements
0.20
Ease of Data Model Creation
0.15
Distributed Database Support
0.10
Administration Ease
0.20
Cost
0.20
Total
Based on your analysis, which database product will you recommend, and why?
As you are designing and developing the database, you think to the future and want to be able to grow the database as required, not only expanding the data model as needed, but also in the event that the company wants to open remote data centers and have replicated copies of the data. Describe distributed databases and how they might be used.
