Explain about client-server and peer-to-peer networking.
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Lets understand client-server and peer-to-peer networking with the help of following description .
They are types of networking on the basis of architecture:
Peer to peer(P2P):
- In this all the computers are treated equally.
- No one computer is server or client.
- All computers can be said working as client or server.
- Computers have self processing capability and do not rely on others.
- Computers have or can run with normal operating system like, XP, Me etc and application.
- Easy sharing of files and allows us to have chatting.
- failure of one does not mean others are down; networking goes on.
- If heavy load is given, they may not give same performance. etc
- low level security.
Client –server:
- In this, one or two computers work as server and left all work as clients.
- Clients computers give request to server for a task to be performed.
- Clients computers may or may not have self processing capability. they rely on server.
- Mostly servers use a powerful operating system like, Linux or Unix or Win advanced server2008 etc.
- Through server, the sharing of files is done.
- Everything is controlled by server so in the case of down, services can not be completed.
- under heavy load, many servers share the tasks.
- there is high level security in networking.
- High traffic towards servers while processing.
