# Why use a DBMS instead of a File System?

File Systems have a few disadvantages:

* data redundancy and inconsistency
* difficulty in accessing data (need to write a separate program for each task)
* data isolation (multiple files and formats without interrelation)
* integrity problems (hard to create new constraints and manage existing ones)
* non-atomic transactions (all-or-none property not followed)
* issues with concurrent access by multiple users leading to inconsistencies
* security problems

Using a DBMS instead would address these issues.