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The Advantages And Disadvantages of Peer-to-peer Network and client /server netwroks
Here are some advantages and disadvantages of Peer-to-Peer Networks
Here are some advantages and disadvantages of Client/Server Networks
| Advantages (Why) | Disadvantages (Why) |
| Peer to Peer Networks are easy and simple to set up and only require a Hub or a Switch to connect all the computers together. | If you have not connected the computers together properly then there can be problems accessing certain files. |
| You can access any file on the computer as long as it is set to shared folder. | It doesn’t always work if you have many computers and works better with 2 – 8 computers. |
| The requirements for a Peer to Peer Network are that you have a 10 Base T Ethernet cable and an Ethernet hub/ switch. This is rather cheap than having a server. | Security is not good and you can set passwords for files that you don’t want people to access but apart from that the security is pretty poor. |
| The architecture of the lay out (How It Connects) is simple. | |
| If one computer fails to work all the other computers connected to it continue to work. |
Here are some advantages and disadvantages of Client/Server Networks
| Advantages (Why) | Disadvantages (Why) |
| A Client Sever Can Be scaled up to many services that can also be used by multiple users. | |
| A client server enables the roles and responsibilities of a computing system. This means that it can update all the computers connected to it. An example of this would be software updates or hardware updates. | When the server goes down or crashes. All the computers connected to it become unavailable to use. |
| All the data is stored on the servers, which generally have far greater security controls than most clients. Servers can better control access and resources, to guarantee that only those clients with the appropriate permissions may access and change data. | When everyone tries to do the same thing it takes a little while for the server to do certain tasks. An example of this would be everyone logging into there profile in an organisation or a college at the same time. |
| The security is a lot more advanced than a peer to peer network. You can have passwords to your won profile so that no one can access everything when they want. And the level off access range in different organisations | More expensive than a peer to peer network. You have to pay for start up cost. |
| Many mature client-server technologies are already available which were designed to ensure security, 'friendliness' of the user interface, and ease of use. | When you expand the server it starts to slow down due to the Bit rate per second. |
| It functions with multiple different clients of different capabilities. |
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