Types of network

from the point of Web 2.0

• Made by Tatyana Svinina, Ekaterina

Leladze, Diana Yerzhina (LB1-11-40)

• Edited by Andrey Pokazanyev, Alena Kolodkina

(LB1-12-40)

Types of network

Client-server P2P network

Client-server network

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Specialists knowledge required

Server failure leads to network failure

More expensive

Better security and centralized

administration

Centralized data

Backups

Web servers

Print Servers

FTP servers (File Transfer Protocol)

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Using of P2P• File sharing

• Instant messaging

• Collaboration

Skype

BitTorrent

Napster

Emule

No central backup

Poorer security

Users need more knowledge

Computers may run slowly

Suitable only for small networks

Cost saving

No reliance on server

No network manager

Lower operating costs

Easy to set up

Test youself

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Resources• The P2P Foundation is a registered institute (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Founder

Michel Bauwens: http://p2pfoundation.net/Peer_to_Peer

• Wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall Brain in 1998 http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-server4.htm

• The free dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/client%2Fserver+network

• Your dictionary. The dictionary you can understand

http://science.yourdictionary.com/peer-to-peer-network