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Peer To Peer and Client Server Architecture

Peer to peer architecture is a decentralized network where each node acts as both a client and server. It allows for file sharing, instant messaging, and other collaborative tasks by splitting workloads into chunks that can be reassembled. While there is no central server to maintain, a risk is that viruses can spread quickly between peers if a file is infected. Client server architecture has a centralized server that provides services to clients. It offers security, performance and scalability benefits but risks traffic congestion and lacks the robustness of a decentralized network.

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Peer To Peer and Client Server Architecture

Peer to peer architecture is a decentralized network where each node acts as both a client and server. It allows for file sharing, instant messaging, and other collaborative tasks by splitting workloads into chunks that can be reassembled. While there is no central server to maintain, a risk is that viruses can spread quickly between peers if a file is infected. Client server architecture has a centralized server that provides services to clients. It offers security, performance and scalability benefits but risks traffic congestion and lacks the robustness of a decentralized network.

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04-07-2020

Peer to Peer and Client


Server Architecture

Peer to Peer Architecture


• Peer to peer architecture(P2P) is a commonly used computer
networking architecture in which each workstation or node has the
same capabilities and responsibilities.
• Node act as both client and server.
• It is decentralized network.
• P2P works best if the workload is split into small chunks that can be
reassembled later.
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Peer to Peer Architecture

Some uses of P2P Architecture


• File sharing
• Instant messaging
• Voice Communication
• Collaboration
• High Performance Computing
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Advantages & Disadvantages


• There is no central server to maintain and to pay for
• there is no single point of failure
• If one peer is infected with a virus and uploads a chuck of the file that
contains the virus, it can quickly spread to other peers
• it can be difficult to ensure they have the proper permissions to
access the network if a peer is sharing a confidential file

Client Server Architecture


• Two application programs are used in this architecture one is client
and second is server.
• Server provides the services for the clients
• Server
 A server is a program that runs on the remote machine providing
services to the clients
• Client
 A client is a program that runs on the local machine requesting
service from the server
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Client Server Architecture

Advantages of Client-server networks

• Centralized
• Security
• Performance
• Scalability
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Disadvantages of Client-Server network

• Traffic Congestion
• It does not have a robustness of a network
• Sometimes the resources exist in the server but may not exist in the
client

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