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Database Design Methodology

Information System Life Cycle

• Database system is typically part of the information system

• Phases of the information system life cycle


– Feasibility analysis
– Requirements collection and analysis
– Design
– Implementation
– Validation and acceptance testing
– Deployment, operation, and maintenace

Database System Life Cycle

• System definition
– Defining scope of database system, its users and applications
• Database Design
– Logical and physical design of the database system on the chosen DBMS

• Database implementation
– Specifying conceptual, external and internal database definitions
– Creating empty database files
– Implementing software applications

• Loading or data conversion

– Populating the database


• Application conversion
– Converting applications to the new system
• Testing and validation

• Operation
– Running the new system
• Monitoring and maintenance

– System maintenance
– Performance monitoring

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Database Design Process

• Problem
– Design the logical and physical structure of one or more databases to accommodate the infor-
mation needs of the users in an organization for a defined set of applications.
• Goals

– Satisfy the content requirements


– Provide easy structuring of information
– Support processing requirements and performance objectives

Phases of Database Design and Implementation Process

• Requirements Collections and Analysis


• Conceptual Database Design
• Choice of a DBMS

• Data Model Mapping (Logical Database Design)


• Physical Database Design
• Database System Implementation and Tuning

Phases of Database Design and Implementation Process

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Requirements Collections and Analysis

• Identifying Users
• Interacting with users to gather requirements
• Time consuming BUT very important

– Very expensive to fix requirements error

Conceptual Database Design

• Produce a conceptual schema for the database that is independent of a specific DBMS

• Involves two parallel activities


– Conceptual Schema Design
– Transaction and Application Design

Choice of DBMS
Many factors to consider
• Technical Factors

– Type of DBMS: Relational, object-relational, object etc.


– Storage Structures
– Architectural options
• Economic Factors

– Acquisition, maintenance, training and operating costs


– Database creation and conversion cost
• Organizational Factors
– Organizational philosophy
∗ Relational or Object Oriented
∗ Vendor Preference
– Familiarity of staff with the system
– Availability of vendor services

Logical Database Design

• Transform the Schema from high-level data model into the data model of the selected DBMS.
• Design of external schemas for specific applications
• Two stages
1. System-independent mapping
– DBMS independent mapping
2. Tailoring the schemas to a specific DBMS
– Adjusting the schemas obtained in step 1 to conform to the specific implementation
features of the data model used in the selected DBMS
• Result: DDL statements in the language of the chosen DBMS

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Physical Database Design

• Design the specifications for the stored database in terms of physical storage structures, record
placements and indexes.
• Design Criteria
– Response Time: Elapsed Time between submitting a database transaction for execution and
receiving a response
– Space Utilization: Storage space used by database files and their access path structures
– Transaction throughput
∗ Average number of transactions/minute
∗ Must be measured under peak conditions
• Result: Initial determination of storage structures and access paths for database files

Database System Implementation and Tuning

• During this phase database and application programs are implemented, tested and deployed
• Database Tuning

– System and Performance Monitoring


– Data indexing
– Reorganization
• Tuning is a continuous process

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