Network architecture Flashcards
What is client-server architecture
Where devices will receive and send data from a server
What is peer-to-peer architecture
Where devices are connected to each and send and receive information to each other
What is a dedicated server
A server farm in professional data centre
Disadvantage of a dedicated server
Costly to set up and maintain
Advantage of a dedicated server
Reliable
Low latency
High performance
What is a host server
Half-way between a dedicated client and PTP server. One client acts as a server
Disadvantage of a dedicated server
Host advantage has lag-compensation
Host migration is host leaves
Dependent on host speed
Advantage of a dedicated server
No specialist infrastructure needed
What is a peer-to-peer server
Data is sent by raw streams to all other computers
Disadvantage of a peer-to-peer server
Limited connections
Hard to synchronise, has latency
Difficult to support new devices joining
Advantage of a peer-to-peer server
No specialist infrastructure needed
