Client Server Network Advantages and Disadvantages
Client Server Network Advantages and Disadvantages
ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
networking?
from peer to peer network, i.e. in client server there was one powerful computer
workstations (called client). Now Let us discuss the benefits and drawbacks of
2) Proper Management : All the files are stored at the same place. In this way,
make a back-up of it. Also, in case of some break-down if data is lost, it can be
recovered easily and efficiently. While in peer computing we have to take back-up
at every workstation.
easily by just upgrading the server. Also new resources and systems can be added
remotely.
6) As new information is uploaded in database, each workstation need not have its
own storage capacities increased (as may be the case in peer-to-peer systems). All
the changes are made only in central computer on which server database exists.
7) Security: Rules defining security and access rights can be defined at the time of
set-up of server.
1) Congestion in Network: Too many requests from the clients may lead to
congestion, which rarely takes place in P2P network. Overload can lead to
whole network goes down. Also, if you are downloading a file from server and it
gets abandoned due to some error, download stops altogether. However, if there
would have been peers, they would have provided the broken parts of file.
4) You need professional IT people to maintain the servers and other technical
details of network.
It can the summarized that client-server model is not used in small scale networks
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