Peer-to-Peer

Question 1

What is a peer-to-peer network?

Answer 1

• Data is shared equally between systems without requiring a central server.
• Each computer is equally responsible for providing data.

Question 2

Advantages of a peer to peer network

Answer 2

• Simpler network than client server to set up as no server is required.
• Clients are not dependent on a server.
• Perfect for quickly sharing files between systems e.g downloading media files.

Question 3

Disadvantages of a peer to peer network

Answer 3

• No central device to manage security or backups which means that backups must be performed on each individual system.
• Computer performance will decrease with more devices connected to the network, especially if other machines are slow.