Showing posts with label networks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label networks. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Disadvantages of Hybrid Network - peak concepts

  1. Users may need to remember multiple passwords.
  2. Files can be duplicated and changes overwritten between the computers with the shared folder and the Server.
  3.  Files saved on the workstation are not backed up.

Advantages of Hybrid Network - peak concepts

  1. Client Server application are still centrally located and managed.
  2. Users can assign local access to resources in their computers.
  3. Workgroups can manage resources without requiring assistance from network administrator.
  

What is Hybrid networks - peak concepts


  1. Hybrid networks are the networks that are based on both peer-to-peer & client-server relationship.
  2. Hybrid networks incorporate the best features of workgroups in peer-to-peer networks with the performance, security and reliability of server-based networks.
  3. Hybrid networks still provide all of the centralized services of servers, but they also allow users to share and manage their own resources within the workgroup.

Disadvantages of Peer to Peer Networks - peak concepts

1. In peer-to-peer network, the absence of centralized server make it difficult to backup data as data is located on different workstations.
 
2. Security is weak as each system manages itself only.
 
3. There is no central point of data storage for file archiving.