Question

A major goal of the database system is to minimize the number of block transfers between the disk and memory. This is achieved by

(a) Buffer

(b) Catalog

(c) Storage

(d) Secondary storage

This question was addressed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Database Buffer in portion Storage and File Structures of Database Management

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Buffer

Best explanation: There is always a copy kept on disk of every block, but the copy on disk may be a version of the block older than the version in the buffer.