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client server peer to peer - Coggle Diagram
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
advantages
Easier to take backups of all the data
Easier to install updates to all computers.
Easier to manage security files.
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)
Users will lose access if the server fails.
Peer to peer
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
Users have to manage their own backups
The network is less secure
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
Client to server model
Peer to peer model
