client server peer to peer

client to server

A server manages access to The Internet

A server controls access and security to one shared file store.

A server provides email services.

A server runs a backup of data

A client makes requests to the server for data and connections

Peer to peer

advantages

disadvantages

Can be expensive to setup and keep running

Requires IT people to keep maintain the servers

If the server fails it means nothing will work (single point failure)

Easier to take backups of all the data

Easier to install updates to all computers.

Easier to manage security files.

Users will lose access if the server fails.

Client to server model

Peer to peer model

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Peers usually have their own printers

Each peer is responsible for its own data backup.

A peer is a computer on a network, and is equal to all other peers

Every peer is responsible for its own security.

Disadvantages

Peers share their own files to each other.

advantages

Specialist staff not needed

Not dependent on one computer

no expensive hardware needed

Very easy to maintain

cheaper to set up

Users have to manage their own backups

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The network is less secure